Senators: Hurricane Aid is Being Blocked

[katty]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092800260.html

Senators: Hurricane Aid Is Being Blocked

By HOPE YEN
The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 28, 2005; 1:04 PM

WASHINGTON -- With Gulf Coast governors pressing for action, Senate Finance Committee members complained Wednesday that the Bush administration is blocking a bipartisan $9 billion health care package for hundreds of thousands of evacuees from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

"We've got people with needs today," Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said. She was joined by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, who testified via a teleconference hookup, in urging quick action on the legislation.


Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the committee, said four or five senators have been blocking action on the bill after the Bush administration raised objections to provisions that would extend Medicaid coverage to thousands upon thousands of adults who otherwise would be uninsured, including those whose applications have been rejected in Louisiana.

[LisaM]

1. Ah! The dreaded Medicaid......

they are terrified of it because it works and they want it to go away.

[Vincardog]

2. They are terrified because Universal Medicaid would be a big hit to

ttheir bankers The Insurance Companies. Why the hell do we have a Insurance industry instead of a Health Care Industry?
Follow the money

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Maybe China's a little short this month.

The bushies have to hold the check a few days before they deposit it.