Ga. to Stop Adding Kids to Health Plan

[Judi Lynn]

Ga. to Stop Adding Kids to Health Plan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 8, 2007
Filed at 12:40 p.m. ET

ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia will stop enrolling new children in its health insurance program for low-income families because federal funds are running out, officials said Thursday.

It was unclear how many children might be affected by the freeze, which takes effect March 11. Rhonda Medows, head of the Department of Community Health, said PeachCare program, which currently insures 270,000 children, will continue to operate as long as possible.

Georgia faces a $131 million shortfall in federal money for PeachCare, and state officials have said it could run out of money as soon as next month, although key state lawmakers have said they will try to kick in state cash if necessary.
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Congressional Democrats had asked President Bush to add $745 million to the $93 billion emergency war spending proposal he submitted Monday to cover the rest of 2007. Eager to show policy differences with the White House, they now say they may add the money when the bill comes up in the coming weeks.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Childrens-Health-Georgia.html

[acmavm]

1. This country is a frigging joke. Billions and billions to kill, no

money for kid's health.

[tabasco]

4. A very unfunny joke.

What this Nation has become is a tragedy.

I think it still can be fixed but I'm not sure. We resemble a banana republic more every day.

[valerief]

5. It's billions (trillions?) to steal. The killing is incidental. nt

[Megahurtz]

7. Yep. AND with Billions and Billions going out

to "Foreign Aid" when they refuse to take care of the problems in this Country.

A Fucking Joke alright.:grr:

[unkachuck]

9. it's called....

....Republican Family Values....you and your kids have to be Republican and in their economic family to get anything of value..

[pepperbear]

2. so war = good, funding health insurance for underpriveliged children = bad? n/t

[Donnachaidh]

3. Perdue STOPPED the pre-K program, now is gunning for health care

Hey y'all -- we're taking GIANT STEPS to drag Georgia back to it's heyday before the Civil War. :sarcasm:

[Tempest]

6. Children of Wal-Mart employees eating up PeachCare funds

http://tinyurl.com/2juctc


Original article no longer on the newspaper's web site, or it's been moved.

[kurth]

8. "Bush to add $745 million to the $93 billion emergency war spending"

Fucking asshole.

[Vinca]

10. This is obscene. nt