{"id":27948,"date":"2024-01-14T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T18:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27948"},"modified":"2024-01-14T13:54:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T18:54:20","slug":"states-begin-tapping-medicaid-to-fund-antigun-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=27948","title":{"rendered":"States begin tapping Medicaid to fund antigun activists"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Everytown’s<\/a> top agenda items which has not gotten much attention is tapping into Medicaid<\/a> to fund gun control. The Columbian has a story<\/a> about it:<\/p>\n

“To tackle America\u2019s gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings … So far, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New York<\/a>, and Oregon have passed laws approving the use of Medicaid money for gun violence prevention, said Kyle Fischer, policy and advocacy director for The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention<\/a>, which has lobbied for the federal and state Medicaid policy changes allowing this spending … In Illinois, which two years ago became one of the first states to approve Medicaid spending for violence prevention, Chicago CRED<\/a> hopes to get approval for its program this spring. Arne Duncan<\/a>, the former U.S. education secretary who leads the violence prevention group, said getting paid by Medicaid will be worth the wait and that he hopes his state\u2019s experience will make it more expeditious for others. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to build a public health infrastructure to combat gun violence,\u201d Duncan said. \u201cHaving Medicaid start to be a player in this space and create those opportunities could be a game changer.\u201d<\/strong> …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No. What they’re trying to build is a government funded infrastructure to attack 2A civil rights. I have yet to see any pro-gun organization comment on this.<\/p>\n