EDITORIAL: Medicare threats
By The Hays Daily News, Kan. | |
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It is debatable whether such a compact would pass through the
Kansas Insurance Commissioner
"They have a very serious concern, and I think it's very appropriate that they raise those concerns, as did
Proponents of the legislation contend otherwise, believing it protects Kansans from the evils of Obamacare. Despite a track record that includes reducing state welfare rolls by making eligibility requirements stricter, raiding the state transportation department's funds to pay for other programs, decreasing funds available for K-12 public classrooms, and diverting early childhood education money to other initiatives, legislators vowed there are no plans to alter either
Of course, anything under state control when funding reserves run out next year could be subject to emergency measures. And if the state is running the
Nonsense, say the very lawmakers who passed the bill.
"It is clear the
Rep.
Even Brownback wrote this when signing the bill into law: "I would strongly oppose any effort at the state level to reduce
"There were questions about the state's ability to actually operate
Kansans are discovering the trust placed in the conservative bloc might have been ill-advised. It is not a good sign when legislative leaders are attempting to silence the state's older population. More than any other group, they pay attention -- and vote.
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