IT IS JOURNALIST MALFEASANCE for Wisconsin reporters to not report that any federal Medicaid expansion money is temporary and evaporates over time, sticking state taxpayers with the full bill.
— Jay Weber (@JayWeber3) May 10, 2019
I never see it stated, in ANY story.
It should be reported in EVERY story about it.
The reason Jay never sees this reported is BECAUSE IT'S NOT TRUE. Here is what the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission has to say on the issue. Aka, the people who give information to Congress and the US Department of Health and Human Services on these issues.
Historically, the federal share of Medicaid has averaged about 57 percent; however, under the ACA, the matching rate is higher for adults newly covered under the program. The federal government paid 100 percent of state Medicaid costs for certain newly eligible individuals through the end of 2016. Starting in 2017, the matching rate declines slightly each year until it reaches 90 percent in 2020 and remains there (see table below).
You see what that says, Weber? The only way Medicaid expansion won't be funded at 90% by the Feds will be if Congress actually passes a law to change this part of the Affordable Care Act. So unless no-talent Jay is thinking that Congress will be taken over by enough Republicans to modify that section of the ACA and get it signed into law (the last election tells us otherwise), the money will be there.
It is disgusting that the public airwaves are allowed to be polluted by this lowlife and the other trash on Hate Radio 1130. And it is far past time to take direct action against that cesspool, and hammer the point to the casual Wisconsinite that right-wing media is peddling lies and poison, and it is badly hurting our state and our people.
This is the type of deceit that WisGOPs have to pull out to trick the rubes that buy into their BS. I also view it as a clear sign that Republicans know they are losing on Medicaid expansion and health care policy in general, because if they had a honest, coherent argument against Medicaid expansion and trusting the insurance industry on health care, you'd be hearing it on their many media outlets. But they can't bring one out, because one doesn't exist.
I remember the 1990s, when right-wing hate radio was new and a phenom named Rush Limbaugh was in his heyday. The country seemed to be divided between people who loved him and those who were alarmed/terrified by him.
ReplyDeleteWhat alarmed me most was not what Limbaugh said—because I never listened to him—but how he was described by others. The mainstream media constantly characterized hate radio as ENTERTAINMENT. During televised debates/discussions about the incendiary and outrageous things Limbaugh was spouting, someone would invariably say, “Aww, come on! You know that stuff is just entertainment.”
My reaction always was, what the hell does that mean? Are you saying Limbaugh is just an actor playing a character, and he doesn’t really believe anything that he’s saying? Are you saying that the people who listen to him don’t really believe it either, and that they’re just tuning in for the fun of it?
In the decades since, I’ve tried to just completely ignore the existence of hate radio but I’m obviously doing so at my own peril. I don’t know whether the people spouting these vicious lies actually believe them...but I’m certain that the people listening to them do. And they vote accordingly. Which, I suppose, is the entire purpose of hate radio.
But what can we do? Seriously? It’s all protected by the Constitution, isn’t it?
Tweets by individuals may be mostly protected, but there's no Constitutional right for a no-talent like Jay Weber or Icki McKenna or Belling or any of these propagandists to get 3 hours a day on 1130 AM.
DeleteThat's where you apply the pressure points - to the (Clear Channel/iHeart) station, to the advertisers, and to the GOP politicians bv for associating with such slime. And I think the Dem House should absolutely hold hearings on this to expose who these hosts are REALLY working for, and if they are doing the GOP's bidding via in-kind donations of communications work. You're supposed to reveal if a host is a paid rep of a certain (Koch) organization, but this rarely happens.
A "turn off hate" billboard campaign would also work well in the burbs and the sticks, because some people just listen to these stations out of lazy habit.and let the poison seep in. Plus, it would drive these snowflake hosts like Dumb-O Donnell and Icki and Weber crazy.
"IT IS JOURNALIST MALFEASANCE for Wisconsin Fringe-Element AM Radio "entertainers" to masquerade as reporters and informed commentators and lie, spin, and ask questions with proven false premises."
ReplyDeleteOn a side note: Has Jay Weber stopped beating his wife?
This is precisely the game RW talk plays, at the behest of the GOP politicians and oligarchs they front for.
DeleteAnd why Dems dont do the same pre-emptive act is beyond me. Especially when you could take any ALEC agenda item and say "The Republicans aren't saying this, but here's what they want to do." MAKE THEM DENY IT, and make every GOP own or deny all the seditious garbage AM jocks like Weber say.
We looovvveee our 1130 WISN here in Gooberville Rube Country, dontcha know?? I mean, how else would I know what to think or who to vote for?
ReplyDeleteI'm sad for you guys though, all you have left is Cap Times, Isthmus, Shephard Express, OnMilwaukee.com, Urbanmilwaukee.com, Washington Post, NYTimes... how on earth will you get your message out there, right, with such a dearth of slobbering media tools on your side??
I notice you didn't talk about the PUBLIC AIRWAVES that are often the main source of information for people on the road and at work. And by the way, all those sources you name still base their takes in the factual world, and the NY Times is one of the worst when it comes to stenography and "both sides" BS that always favors GOP liars.
DeleteBut a GOP staffer/wingnut welfare case like you knows just how slanted this media game is in the GOP's favor. You just don't want the rubes to know that fact, just like how GOPs don't want them to know the facts on Medicaid expansion. Which is why paid liars like Jay Weber have jobs, right?
Oh, lookee, the troll crawled out from under the toll bridge and saw a fact! Poke it again! Poke it again! Teehee!!!
ReplyDeleteJust for reference here is the law, USC Title 42 Chapter 7 Subchapter XIX Section 1396d(y), detailing the Federal share of Medicaid Expansion costs.
ReplyDeleteIn particular, (1)(E) tells us that it is "90 percent for calendar quarters in 2020 and each year thereafter."