$5,317 a year for a family of 3. that's what NJ health officials say should be the upper limit for

[cali]

Medicaid eligibility. Christie is a human pustule, a steaming pile of dog shit.

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The proposal would deny coverage to new adult enrollees who earn more than $5,317 per year for a family of three - about one-fifth of the current income requirement. It would also move more participants from fee-for-service plans into managed care and require a $25 copay when hospital emergency rooms are used for non-emergency treatment.
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Children would not be affected, but about 23,000 uninsured adults could lose eligibility.

Christie's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 included a target of $300 million in cuts to Medicaid, but did not detail where the money would come from. Some of those details came Tuesday in an Assembly Budget Committee meeting in which the state's top officials on health and human services presented the framework for a Comprehensive Medicaid Waiver.

The plan by the Republican governor's administration to help alleviate New Jersey's budgetary problems has sparked indignation from Democratic lawmakers who say the state's neediest residents will be denied care, and that having more people uninsured will ultimately be more costly.

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http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/25/business-us-medicaid-budget-new-jersey_8484073.html

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Fine once Christie proves that living on that amount for a year makes him Medicare eligible.

[Ineeda]

2. Holy crap

Federal poverty levels are $18,530, gross, for a family of three in the 48 contiguous states and DC, with Hawaii and Alaska even higher. What a freaking prick!

[cali]

4. it's beyond cynical. how I hate that fuckwad.

[Atman]

3. This is the fat face of The New World Order.

This is what they want. This is what they've been salivating over for years...legislating ways to force people to buy their products. I feel like I'm in an old Monty Python movie. "Bring out your dead!" But it will cost you.

[VWolf]

5. In New Jersey? Are you kidding me?

The cost of living is outrageous here. Can't wait until his term is up.

[OHdem10]

6. Words have meaning: When Lawmaker say only the poorest of

of the poor should get assistance, the Republicans
mean it. How many Blue Dogs and DLC agree.

Poorest of the Poor.

[jwirr]

7. And he is saying this is a high cost of living area. They would not

be able to pay rent unless they are in public housing and getting food stamps. That is also assuming they get medical assistance and that their child can get grants to go to college. This man is a fool.