[real-eyes] Re: mo medicaid for the blind: Nixon says no

  • From: "&&& (Ruthie)" <clark.ruthie@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:34:19 -0600

Not if Governor Nixon vetoes it...which he's said he would.
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On 2/21/2012 5:16 PM, Duyahn Walker wrote:
> It was my understanding that this was going to happen.
>
> Duyahn
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 3:13 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] mo medicaid for the blind: Nixon says no
>
>
>> Are we worrying over nothing?  Our society as a whole runs on
>> sensationalism and fear...is this issue an example?
>> The text below is from:
>>
>> http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=605202
>>
>>
>>
>> Gov. Nixon Denounces Proposed Social Services Cuts
>> By: Tim Sampson, Missouri News Horizon
>> Updated: February 17, 2012
>>
>>
>> (Jefferson City, MO) -- A Missouri House of Representatives plan to
>> maintain stable higher education funding by cutting more than $65
>> million from the state's
>> Department of Social Services did not go over well with the governor.
>>
>> The plan, approved by a House appropriations committee on Thursday,
>> would include a $28 million cut from a Medicaid program benefiting the
>> blind and a $12
>> million funding decrease to child care subsidies for low-income families.
>>
>> During a press conference in the state capitol on Friday, Nixon said
>> that these programs were too vital to the quality of life for
>> Missourians for them
>> to be placed on the chopping block.
>>
>> "Cutting healthcare for the blind, prenatal care for women, services for
>> people with developmental disabilities and child care for low-income
>> families is
>> not the way to balance Missouri's budget," Nixon said.
>>
>> But the proposal from House Republicans comes in response to Nixon's own
>> proposed cuts to higher education. During his State of the State Address
>> last month,
>> Nixon proposed cutting $106 million, roughly 12.5 percent, from
>> Missouri's two-year and four-year public colleges.
>>
>> Nixon has since proposed reducing those cuts by $40 million with funds
>> awarded to the state in the recent nationwide mortgage lender
>> settlement. Combined
>> with the House appropriations committee's proposed social services cuts,
>> this would allow the state to maintain level funding for higher
>> education, which
>> saw its budget already cut last year by 5 percent.
>>
>> The proposed social services cuts now head to the House budget
>> committee. Missouri is currently grappling with an estimated $500
>> million shortfall.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> &&&  (Ruthie)
>>
>> I tried LSD but I didn't actually swallow.
>>
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