Kansas Gov. under fire for rejecting health care grant

[Seedersandleechers]

Source: Kansas City Star

Gov. Sam Brownback has come under fire from Democrats and some Republicans ever since his administration rejected a $31.5 million federal "early innovator" grant for health care reform that it had earlier voiced support for.

A woman from Wichita submitted a petition last week with more than 3,000 signatures protesting rejection of the grant. Like other petitions, it will be analyzed to see if those signing are Kansans. Then a report about the petition and its signers will be forwarded to the governor and his constituent services staff will prepare a response.

Brownback's administration has said there were too many strings attached to the grant, which was supposed to fund the creation and implementation of an online health insurance exchange where consumers could compare and purchase policies.

Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer on Monday reiterated that, telling the joint legislative committee on health policy oversight that the administration would make no moves toward the exchange until the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, which he referred to as Obamacare.




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[WCGreen]

1. No one should be burdened with such easy access to find the best deal...

That runs so against all that is holy and sacred in this land that worship at the foot of free enterprise and open markets...

[Dollface]

2. Brownback is such an ass.

[Cool Logic]

3. $31.5 million "to fund the creation and implementation of an online health insurance exchange..."

A $31.5 million health care grant that doesn't provide anyone with a single health care procedure...???

[patrice]

5. Essentials of which were already developed. Brownback didn't want the faith-based

implementation process to be open to the public.

[Cool Logic]

9. I don't understand...What the heck is "the faith-based implementation process...?"

Additionally, I am troubled by the notion of a $31.5 million "health care grant" that doesn't provide health care.

[patrice]

4. Brownback fired a bunnch of people when he got into office, so there's even more who've nothing left

to lose by fighting him.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. He doesn't want us to be healthy; he wants us to get married

[Dogtown]

7. But only

if you're straight, I'm sure.

:patriot:

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Yes of course

How silly of me to forget that.

[Red1]

8. Its All About Retirement

And browny stands to have a better retirement by livin the jackbooted rightwinger religious freak role, right now...