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By introducing a bill this week to halt all United States foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority, Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky was hardly blazing into new political territory. This is the libertarian senator who, in 2011, proposed ending all foreign aid to all countries, after all.
But as with most things in Washington, timing is everything.
Senator Paul clearly has his eye on running for president in 2016, and last week he met with top Jewish donors including casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's surprisingly successful 2012 campaign. The race for Adelson's support among potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates has been called the "Sheldon Adelson Primary."
And Paul has some fence-mending to do.
Israel's staunchest supporters weren't too impressed by Paul's 2011 proposal to end all foreign aid including the $3 billion sent annually to Israel. The criticism grew to such a pitch that Paul reversed course and not only called simply for a freeze of foreign aid at current levels but denied ever having advocated cutting foreign aid to Israel. PolitiFact called this a "Pants on Fire" lie.
Ever since, Paul has steered clear of the aid-to-Israel snarl. But last week, it seemed, was an opportune time to remind Washington of his willingness to block aid to the Palestinians until they accept a cease-fire and recognize Israel's statehood. Paul introduced a similar bill last year.
Paul's action comes on the heels of the Palestinian Authority's admittance to the International Criminal Court. The authority's admittance means it could bring complaints to the court regarding Israel's activities in the West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also signed 21 other international treaties on New Year's Eve as part of a strategy to force the international community to recognize the Palestinians' claims to statehood. By acting like an independent state, the Palestinian Authority hopes to persuade nations to see Palestinian statehood as a fait accompli.
Neither the United States nor Israel has ratified the statute that underlies the ICC. Israel and the US support the court's goals but say that the process by which individuals can be sent to the court could be politically motivated or manipulated.
The US has spent about $400 million annually on aid for West Bank and Gaza since 2008.
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With eye on 2016, Rand Paul tries to block US aid to Palestinians
By introducing a bill this week to halt all United States foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority, Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky was hardly blazing into new political territory. This is the libertarian senator who, in 2011, proposed ending all foreign aid to all countries, after all.
But as with most things in Washington, timing is everything.
Senator Paul clearly has his eye on running for president in 2016, and last week he met with top Jewish donors including casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire who bankrolled Newt Gingrich's surprisingly successful 2012 campaign. The race for Adelson's support among potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates has been called the "Sheldon Adelson Primary."
And Paul has some fence-mending to do.
Israel's staunchest supporters weren't too impressed by Paul's 2011 proposal to end all foreign aid including the $3 billion sent annually to Israel. The criticism grew to such a pitch that Paul reversed course and not only called simply for a freeze of foreign aid at current levels but denied ever having advocated cutting foreign aid to Israel. PolitiFact called this a "Pants on Fire" lie.
Ever since, Paul has steered clear of the aid-to-Israel snarl. But last week, it seemed, was an opportune time to remind Washington of his willingness to block aid to the Palestinians until they accept a cease-fire and recognize Israel's statehood. Paul introduced a similar bill last year.
Paul's action comes on the heels of the Palestinian Authority's admittance to the International Criminal Court. The authority's admittance means it could bring complaints to the court regarding Israel's activities in the West Bank.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also signed 21 other international treaties on New Year's Eve as part of a strategy to force the international community to recognize the Palestinians' claims to statehood. By acting like an independent state, the Palestinian Authority hopes to persuade nations to see Palestinian statehood as a fait accompli.
Neither the United States nor Israel has ratified the statute that underlies the ICC. Israel and the US support the court's goals but say that the process by which individuals can be sent to the court could be politically motivated or manipulated.
The US has spent about $400 million annually on aid for West Bank and Gaza since 2008.
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With eye on 2016, Rand Paul tries to block Palestinian aid
Sarah Bevins serves as Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Ohio.
Guest columnist Sarah Bevins serves as Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee of theLibertarian Party of Ohio, and Director of the party's Communications Division. She writes in opposition to Ohio's expansion of Medicaid.
In 2013, Gov. John Kasich performed an end run worthy of Isaiah Crowell to bypass the state legislature and push through the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. According to some sources, this expansion has put 430,000 Ohioans on Medicaid this year.
No one, least of all Libertarians, is against people getting adequate medical care. That would not only be bad for those individuals, it would be a bad thing for society as a whole. But wanting healthcare for everyone isn't the same as wanting the government to do it. Expanding big government healthcare is being done with the best of intentions. But we all know what road is paved with good intentions.
Government-provided care, such as Medicaid, has a variety of problems built into the system. The most obvious problem is availability of care and how quickly it can be accessed.
Throughout its history, going back to its founding in 1965, healthcare providers have complained about the paperwork hurdles that must be jumped and the time it takes to get Medicaid payments. These problems were bad enough under traditional, government-administered Medicaid.
But today, in Ohio, much of the Medicaid is administered by insurance-company managed care groups that combine the worst features of government services and private insurance.According to some doctors who have been serving Medicaid patients for years, these plans pay even less for care than the state Medicaid agency.
Doctors are in practice to take care of patients, not to do paperwork or wait for reimbursement. A recent report by the inspector general for theFederal Department of Health and Human Services found that half of the doctors appearing on Medicaid lists could not accept new patients. Many were no longer at the addresses listed. Others either were not participating in the plan or had no appointments available for new patients.
The shortage of available providers means that not only is it difficult for a patient to find a doctor, it can also take a long time to get to see that doctor. Poor levels of reimbursement also incentivize doctors to see as many patients as possible as quickly as possible in order to bring in more money. Bureaucratic red tape can further add to wait times, by heaping requirements that must be met by patients before care will be provided.
Of course, there are other issues. Increased Medicaid spending is a burden on the Federal Government now, and the expansion offered by the President and accepted by Gov. Kasich will become a greater burden on state budgets later. Government spending on care today means higher deficits for our children tomorrow. Fraud and abuse add on even more cost.
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Libertarian Dance | Libertariaski Taniec (My Austriacy)
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