Dan Proft, likely Republican Primary IL Guv Candidate, on cable next week/streaming soon
Update: Watch show with Proft here
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Jeff Berkowitz: How much would that save you?
Dan Proft: In this fiscal year, according to Quinn’s budget…it looks like they are projecting about 18 billion dollars in Medicaid spending, so it would save you about five billion dollars, that’s the increase over the last three fiscal years alone. [Watch show with Dan Proft]
Jeff Berkowitz: It would save about 5 billion dollars in the 2010 budget…?
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Dan Proft, a likely candidate for Governor in the 2010 Republican Primary, and past target of Chicago media personality Carol Marin for his activities in Cicero, is next week’s featured guest in the Chicago Metro Suburban edition of Public Affairs. The program was taped this past Sunday and you can now watch Proft here.
On the show, Proft discusses, among other things, a substantial potential reduction in the State budget via a change in the state’s medicaid income eligibility standards. Interestingly, in last night’s episode of Illinois Lawmakers, more than twenty state legislators, including Democratic House Speaker Madigan, Democratic Senate President Cullerton, Republican Senate Leader Radogno, gave their views about curing Illinois' budget deficit, but nobody mentioned changing Medicaid's income eligibility standards. Nor did Jack Tichenor, the program’s host, raise the issue. Nor did Rich Miller, publisher of Capitolfax and interviewed by Tichenor, raise the issue. But, Proft did. Take a listen:
Dan Proft [likely candidate for Governor in 2010 Republican Primary]: …Blagojevich is gone. That illegal expansion of [Medicaid by Blago] is not [gone]. Doubling the eligibility of Medicaid has resulted in a 33% increase in Medicaid spending by the state just in the last three years.
Jeff Berkowitz: What did it go from? From what to what?
Dan Proft: It went from 200% of poverty level to 400% of the poverty level. So incomes up to $86,000 in terms of household income [are eligible for Medicaid].
Jeff Berkowitz: As opposed to [going to incomes of about] $40,000 for a family of four.
Dan Proft: Roughly, right…
Jeff Berkowitz: It doubled that and you’re saying that expanded [state Medicaid] way too much and you want to cut it back. Is that what you are saying?
Dan Proft: If you said this expansion [which was one of the articles for which Blagojevich was impeached] was wrong, then you have a duty to make it right.
Jeff Berkowitz: You’re agreeing it was wrong…?
Dan Proft: I’m agreeing its wrong and you should make it right.
Jeff Berkowitz: How much would that save you?
Dan Proft: In this fiscal year, according to Quinn’s budget…it looks like they are projecting about 18 billion dollars in Medicaid spending, so it would save you about five billion dollars, that’s the increase over the last three fiscal years alone.
Jeff Berkowitz: It would save about 5 billion dollars in the 2010 budget…?
Dan Proft: It would save at least that amount.
Jeff Berkowitz: That sounds pretty high.
Dan Proft: Five billion dollars.
Jeff Berkowitz: In state money?
Dan Proft: Yes
Jeff Berkowitz: In 2010?
Dan Proft [likely candidate for Gov. in 2010 Republican Primary]: Yes…
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
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Other "hot" posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz,a show with State Senator and possible Republican candidate for Governor, Matt Murphy (R-Palatine), a show with the RealClearPolitics.com's Tom Bevan about Obama's First 100 days and assessing Obama, a show with Senator Steans (D-Chicago) about budget deficits and education reform, a show with conservative, Republican activist Joe Morris about SB600 as a litmus test for reformers and many other issues relating to the State GOP and state government, and the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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Jeff Berkowitz: How much would that save you?
Dan Proft: In this fiscal year, according to Quinn’s budget…it looks like they are projecting about 18 billion dollars in Medicaid spending, so it would save you about five billion dollars, that’s the increase over the last three fiscal years alone. [Watch show with Dan Proft]
Jeff Berkowitz: It would save about 5 billion dollars in the 2010 budget…?
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Dan Proft, a likely candidate for Governor in the 2010 Republican Primary, and past target of Chicago media personality Carol Marin for his activities in Cicero, is next week’s featured guest in the Chicago Metro Suburban edition of Public Affairs. The program was taped this past Sunday and you can now watch Proft here.
On the show, Proft discusses, among other things, a substantial potential reduction in the State budget via a change in the state’s medicaid income eligibility standards. Interestingly, in last night’s episode of Illinois Lawmakers, more than twenty state legislators, including Democratic House Speaker Madigan, Democratic Senate President Cullerton, Republican Senate Leader Radogno, gave their views about curing Illinois' budget deficit, but nobody mentioned changing Medicaid's income eligibility standards. Nor did Jack Tichenor, the program’s host, raise the issue. Nor did Rich Miller, publisher of Capitolfax and interviewed by Tichenor, raise the issue. But, Proft did. Take a listen:
Dan Proft [likely candidate for Governor in 2010 Republican Primary]: …Blagojevich is gone. That illegal expansion of [Medicaid by Blago] is not [gone]. Doubling the eligibility of Medicaid has resulted in a 33% increase in Medicaid spending by the state just in the last three years.
Jeff Berkowitz: What did it go from? From what to what?
Dan Proft: It went from 200% of poverty level to 400% of the poverty level. So incomes up to $86,000 in terms of household income [are eligible for Medicaid].
Jeff Berkowitz: As opposed to [going to incomes of about] $40,000 for a family of four.
Dan Proft: Roughly, right…
Jeff Berkowitz: It doubled that and you’re saying that expanded [state Medicaid] way too much and you want to cut it back. Is that what you are saying?
Dan Proft: If you said this expansion [which was one of the articles for which Blagojevich was impeached] was wrong, then you have a duty to make it right.
Jeff Berkowitz: You’re agreeing it was wrong…?
Dan Proft: I’m agreeing its wrong and you should make it right.
Jeff Berkowitz: How much would that save you?
Dan Proft: In this fiscal year, according to Quinn’s budget…it looks like they are projecting about 18 billion dollars in Medicaid spending, so it would save you about five billion dollars, that’s the increase over the last three fiscal years alone.
Jeff Berkowitz: It would save about 5 billion dollars in the 2010 budget…?
Dan Proft: It would save at least that amount.
Jeff Berkowitz: That sounds pretty high.
Dan Proft: Five billion dollars.
Jeff Berkowitz: In state money?
Dan Proft: Yes
Jeff Berkowitz: In 2010?
Dan Proft [likely candidate for Gov. in 2010 Republican Primary]: Yes…
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
*****************************************
Other "hot" posted shows on the Public Affairs YouTube page include the fastest five minutes on the web- a New York Times video about Obama-Berkowitz,a show with State Senator and possible Republican candidate for Governor, Matt Murphy (R-Palatine), a show with the RealClearPolitics.com's Tom Bevan about Obama's First 100 days and assessing Obama, a show with Senator Steans (D-Chicago) about budget deficits and education reform, a show with conservative, Republican activist Joe Morris about SB600 as a litmus test for reformers and many other issues relating to the State GOP and state government, and the second fastest five minutes on the web- a segment of Bill O'Reilly with Berkowitz discussing a clip of Obama from 2002 on Blagojevich and many more shows.
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