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Medicaid

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Jewish Guild For The Blind Hires Back Music Therapist For Seniors After Voice Investigation

    We've got some good news to report this Friday: the Jewish Guild for the Blind has hired back its music therapist, Debbie Moran, after a cover story and an on-going series in the Voice highlighted problems at the nonprofit organization. In March the Voice reported how Moran, who had worked with eld ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Karaoke For The Blind? Jewish Guild For the Blind Thinks Client's Vision Problems Make Her Mentally Deficient (Part 1)

    Part 1 in a series. Last month, the Voice reported how the Jewish Guild for the Blind cut its part-time music therapist Debbie Moran, who was earning about $5,000 a year, allegedly due to "Medicaid budget cuts" -- despite the fact that the nonprofit's CEO, Dr. Alan Morse, had recently seen an 82% p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    The First Occupy Wall Street Legislation?

    ​In the post-occupation hangover, a (or the) big question is whether or not and to what extent Occupy Wall Street's message will have managed to translate into actual policy. OWS itself has strenuously refused to get involved in coming up with any legislation, since the movement wants to esche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2011

    New Book Alleges JFK Really Didn't Want LBJ to be President

    via Wikipedia​According to a new book of interviews with Jacqueline Kennedy, the former First Lady said that her husband openly doubted Lyndon Johnson's ability to be president. The interviews, which were conducted by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in the year following JFK's assassination, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Colleges Forced to Explain Why They Are So Damn Expensive

    ​Over 500 colleges will have to submit reports to the government explaining tuition hikes, CNN reports. The Department of Education published a list this morning of schools that had the highest tuition increases over the last three years. Both private and public institutions are included and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2011

    Queens Woman Leaves $250K to Harold Camping; al Qaeda's "Military Brain" Killed

    ​The family of a woman in Queens is furious after she left nearly $250,000 in her will to bogus Rapture-propagating pastor Harold Camping. Doris Schmitt was 78 and died weeks before the Rapture was supposed to happen. Her family was shocked to discover that she'd left most of her life savings to C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Today in El Diario: An "Unpardonable" Budget

    ​Today in El Diario, that newspaper at your bodega you always wondered about... Reacting to the New State Budget New Yorkers have varying opinions on the tentative $132.5 billion in state budget cuts, according to the Spanish-language daily. Generally, though, they disapprove of the proposed ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Sidebar: Mexican Macro-Economics

    ​Today in El Diario, that newspaper at your bodega you always wondered about... Reacting to the New State Budget New Yorkers have varying opinions on the tentative $132.5 billion in state budget cuts, according to the Spanish-language daily. Generally, though, they disapprove of the proposed ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Sidebar: Whose Dole Is It Anyway?

    ​Today in El Diario, that newspaper at your bodega you always wondered about... Reacting to the New State Budget New Yorkers have varying opinions on the tentative $132.5 billion in state budget cuts, according to the Spanish-language daily. Generally, though, they disapprove of the proposed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Before Roe v. Wade: Fighting Over Abortion in Albany

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 25, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 12 A holy war in Albany for the 'Right to Life' By Robin Reisig The New York State legislature is probably going to practice medicine again this spring. Abortion medicine. Catholics opposed to killing "th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Moe Tucker On Her Tea Party Inclinations: "Anyone Who Knows Me Knows That I'm Not A Fool, A Racist, A Nazi"

    ​So TV-news footage of ex-Velvet Underground drummer Moe Tucker bemoaning our march toward socialism at a Tea Party rally surfaced online recently, triggering much dismay and "All Tomorrow's Tea Parties" pun warfare. Our good friends at the Riverfront Times in St. Louis tracked Tucker down at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Peppy Grannies Dance to the Supremes Against Healthcare Cuts -- Best Protest Ever (Video)

    ​"Stop! In the name of health, Don't cut my Medicare, Think it o-o-ver." Bryant Park's lunch crowd got quite a show today as a troupe of grannies and their supporters adapted The Supremes to draw attention (and a crowd of about 100) to stopping government cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Sec ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2010

    Andrew Cuomo's Biggest Rival Won't Be the G.O.P.

    It's Shelly Silver and the old-school Dems in his race to Governor

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Paterson Says He'll Cut $1.6 Billion All by Himself

    Well and truly fed up with the inactive legislature, Governor Paterson claims he can cut $1.6 billion from the budget deficit by executive fiat. He seems safe from accusations of Stalinism in this instance, as the cuts are said to be mainly gleaned from administrative cost savings. Some of the pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2009

    Paterson proposes cut in anti-smoking funds

    ​Among the emergency measures Governor Paterson is proposing to close New York's budget hole is an additional $10 million cut in the state's anti-smoking program, bringing funding down to $58 million from $85 million a year ago. According to Russ Sciandra of the Center for a Tobacco Free New Y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Paterson Releases Delicious Stimulus $ Report: NYC Gets $8.16 Billion

    Governor Paterson released a report today showing where the $18 billion that New York State got in stimulus money is going. You'll be pleased to hear that the counties comprising New York City receive by far the most American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds -- $8.16 billion. Hooray! Secon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Liveblogging the Obama Health Care Speech

    ​ 8:05. The look of surprise Hillary Clinton uses when she greets people in crowds makes her look like she's trying to wake herself up. We wonder if she has a callous on her cheek from getting kissed. Whoops, Brian Williams said "death panels" was bogus! Liberalmediabias! Do a shot! 8:11. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Andrew Cuomo Cracks Down on Fake Internet Reviews, Medicaid Fraud

    As you can tell by our commenters, we appreciate the free exchange of ideas at Runnin' Scared even when it runs (as it inevitably does) critical of us. Some villains, however, would rig the internet game with sock-puppetry and fake praise for themselves. But they need have a care for Andrew Cuomo w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    IBO Finds NYC Budget About $1 Billion Worse Than Mayor Does (Updated)

    Mayor Bloomberg's getting really creative in his attempts in stim the city's failing economy: today he, Anna Wintour, Vera Wang and others announce that they'll hold "Fashion's Night Out" on Thursday, September 10, and call on rag traders "to keep their doors open late." They claim over 100 stores ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Barrett: If Murdoch and Zuckerman are Whining, is the State Budget Really So Bad?

    News flash! The state budget that's been so trashed in the tabloids does loads of good things you've heard next to nothing about. Whenever the rich are taxed, the only media contest in town is who will howl louder -- Rupert or Mort. Both are such class enemies of their own readers that, in a budget ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Latest Budget: OK, Taxes on the Rich After All

    Governor Paterson announced a "budget agreement" with legislative leaders on Sunday. He says this agreement closes the state's budget gap -- which he found to be $2.2 billion bigger than expected last week -- and "stabilizes our finances, and institutes critical reforms that will help eliminate wast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Paterson Angers Mayor and Greens, But Shows Gays Some Love

    Governor Paterson's rotten week isn't ending much better than it started. Despite pledging to cut his own salary by 10 percent to show some sensitivity to the battered fortunes of his state, he's still getting beaten up -- Mayor Bloomberg criticized him for reducing the amount of Medicaid money the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Stimulus for Atlantic Yards? New Depression Suggests Not

    New York state will get some kind of stimulus money, but as a final bill hasn't been written yet, sources vary on how much assistance we'll get. Newsday says "at least" $20.5 billion; the Times says "more than $21 billion." The Jamestown Post-Journal says "$12.6 Billion in Direct Budget Relief," r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2009

    Paterson Presents Senator Gillibrand

    Your new Senator with Al D'Amato (l.) "So it's August the 14th, 2003," says Governor Paterson, "and I am going to meet a lawyer who is going to be meeting me in an office building in Manhatan." (He wanted her not to run for Congress in '04, as she had planned, but the state senate.) "All the light ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Gelinas: Don't Take That Federal Money, NY, It's a Trap (Updated)

    Every New York governmental agency has its hand out for government largesse from tax-and-spend liberal Obama. At the New York Post, the Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas says they shouldn't. It's "a bad idea for wealthy cities like New York to depend on federal policies for rational infrastructur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Paterson Proposes $2 Billion in Cuts in Health Care, Schools, Civil Service, SUNY/CUNY

    Every New York governmental agency has its hand out for government largesse from tax-and-spend liberal Obama. At the New York Post, the Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas says they shouldn't. It's "a bad idea for wealthy cities like New York to depend on federal policies for rational infrastructur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    Daily Flog 8/4/08: Dumping patients, probing Mary-Kate, shooting nose-biting suspect, ratting out cops

    Every New York governmental agency has its hand out for government largesse from tax-and-spend liberal Obama. At the New York Post, the Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas says they shouldn't. It's "a bad idea for wealthy cities like New York to depend on federal policies for rational infrastructur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    TABLOIDED: Who Got the NYPD Drug Scandal Exclusive?

    Every New York governmental agency has its hand out for government largesse from tax-and-spend liberal Obama. At the New York Post, the Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas says they shouldn't. It's "a bad idea for wealthy cities like New York to depend on federal policies for rational infrastructur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    More Working New Yorkers Go Hungry: Study

    Every New York governmental agency has its hand out for government largesse from tax-and-spend liberal Obama. At the New York Post, the Manhattan Institute's Nicole Gelinas says they shouldn't. It's "a bad idea for wealthy cities like New York to depend on federal policies for rational infrastructur ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2007

    No Wafer for Rudy

    Giuliani campaigns as a Catholic, but he's on the outs with God

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2006

    Actual Poor People Rate Bloomy's Poverty Plan

    Giuliani campaigns as a Catholic, but he's on the outs with God

  • News

    November 29, 2005

    Bush's Speech Today Ignores Cold Winter

    Touting more tax cuts, President ignores bitter situation for most Americans

  • Film

    October 25, 2005

    'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price'

    Touting more tax cuts, President ignores bitter situation for most Americans

  • News

    September 20, 2005

    Any Profit in a Storm

    Stormy weather allows big oil to practice a crude sort of blackmail

  • News

    October 26, 2004

    No Choice

    The 'culture of life' could become real life

  • News

    January 6, 2004

    The Suicide of Mr. A

    A Mentally Ill Inmate Slips Through the Cracks—Into the Path of a Subway Train

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Pataki's Prattle

    Job-Jingo Governor Proposes 'State-Killing' Budget

  • News

    May 28, 2002

    Scandal Cash

    Adult-Home Barons Purchased Pataki Inside Track

  • News

    January 8, 2002

    Mayor’s Choice

    Bloomberg Backs a Bold New Abortion-Training Plan

  • News

    December 25, 2001

    A 10-Point Plan for Bloomy

    How the Newly Elected Mayor Can Begin Reviving a Wounded City

  • News

    November 27, 2001

    A Tear in the Net

    As Federal Dollars Disappear, No Security for City’s Poor

  • Music

    October 9, 2001

    Music

    As Federal Dollars Disappear, No Security for City’s Poor

  • News

    November 21, 2000

    Towering Expectations

    A Community Fights for a SoHa Landmark

  • News

    October 19, 1999

    Welfare Policy Relapse

    City Just Says No to Poor Addicts

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    Competing With Cancer

    City Just Says No to Poor Addicts

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    Loft Law Limbo

    Artists Fret As Albany Fiddles

  • News

    May 25, 1999

    'No One Decides To Be Destitute'

    How One New Yorker Came To Commit the 'Crime' of Poverty

  • News

    May 18, 1999

    Train Runs Over Rudy

    Mayor Stands Up For City, Gets Clobbered By Runaway Commuter Tax Cut

  • News

    May 12, 1998

    Pop Up Pill

    Why is Big Brother in My Bedroom?

  • News

    October 14, 1997

    School Daze

    Fast Times at Cyber Senior High

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