Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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“Most of our Illinois births are coming from Medicaid members,” she said.
This is a huge red flag. It’s a scary thought that our state government will have to support these children from cradle to college and likely through prison while also supporting millions of state pension retirees. How will the state afford this?
And since when is Medicaid a membership? Medicaid is the dole, the free government cheese. It’s not a club you can join to get free healthcare, it’s not a protected class of people. It’s welfare.
“And since when is Medicaid a membership?”
Since Obamacare, when the “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” crowd, and most of the mainstream media, began wearing out their arms patting themselves on the back for Obamacare’s “success” by claiming that by expanding Medicaid eligibility they had somehow “enrolled” millions of previously uninsured people in medical “insurance.”
So, if you’re a private sector taxpayer, and the medical insurance you and your employer pay for removes a provider from your network, you either pay out of network fees to keep your doctor, or go with whoever your insurance provider has picked. However, if you’re on public-aid and Medicaid, taxpayers pay whatever your MD cares to charge without regard to whether or not the provider has agreed to accept your public-aid MCO’s rates. What a bill! How “Illinois.” Taxpayers who struggle to pay their own private-sector medical insurance premiums, accepting the restrictions imposed by their insurance companies to control… Read more »