Gary Johnson: '50 laboratories of innovation' needed for reform - Michael Krebs, Digital Journal, May 29, 2011:
"Given Johnson's track record in cutting spending and in not raising taxes, his candidacy tends to be tethered to national fiscal issues, and he is on the record for saying that the country needs to balance the debt immediately.
"'You got to start out by talking about Medicaid and Medicare, and I'll just throw out some suggestions here,' Johnson said. 'There are others, but I'll just throw out that the federal government could cut Medicaid and Medicare by 43 percent. They could block grant the states. And I'm going to say this throughout my campaign: 50 laboratories of innovation. The notion of best practices. Give it to the states to deliver health care to the poor and those over 65, and do away with the strings, do away with the regulations and the bureaucracies.'"
"'You got to start out by talking about Medicaid and Medicare, and I'll just throw out some suggestions here,' Johnson said. 'There are others, but I'll just throw out that the federal government could cut Medicaid and Medicare by 43 percent. They could block grant the states. And I'm going to say this throughout my campaign: 50 laboratories of innovation. The notion of best practices. Give it to the states to deliver health care to the poor and those over 65, and do away with the strings, do away with the regulations and the bureaucracies.'"
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