Cancer patients make up another group to suffer from Republicans’ political games and unwillingness to accept federal grants. Among the long list of federal health grants the state has shunned in the last year was a small award that would have “reduced the burden of cancer.”
A spokesperson for the Florida Department of Health stated that budget authority was denied for a competitive grant “awarded to Florida beginning October 2010 for $175,000 yearly.” That grant did not require any contributions from the state.
According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Florida is among many states that have “missed opportunities to enact laws and policies that could not only save money and generate revenue, but also save lives.”
Local officials throughout the state have voiced their frustration at Scott for turning away money they desperately need simply to grandstand against health care reform. Scott’s claim to be standing on principle by vetoing health care money is especially disingenuous given that last year he signed a budget that uses $370 million of federal stimulus money after he vowed to “fight all stimulus money.”
Now Scott is at it again. He now plans to cut about $2 billion in public funding to hospitals that care for the poor. Tampa General is looking at a $70 million budget cut. Surprisingly enough some of Scott's fellow Republicans say they don't like his plan, since the hospitals — which took a beating last year — will face another Scott bitch-slap.
Just to bring the delusional Florida voters who put this clown into office up to speed - Scott is the former private health industry executive who made his fortune downsizing hospitals for profit. His partisan demagoguery on health reform and other issues has helped make him the least popular governor in the entire country, excluding The Villages (Florida asylum for old Republicans). It should also be noted that Scott's former (wink, wink) employer, Hospital Corporation of America stands to get addition monies from this plan.
Scott wants to cut Medicaid spending by nearly 10 percent to make up for gutting education last year. He says health spending is a fair target because it has grown far more rapidly than other government spending. "We need to fund education; it's the right thing to do," he said last week while ruminating in his ivory tower.
Yes, but if it is the right thing to do, why was education gutted in the first place? And now, why try to undo the damage by placing a burden on hospitals and the poor? Simply put, because he can, that and because the poor, and the elderly, and the sick are of no use to him - plus, they can't fight back. Sadly, there appears to be no one in Tallahassee willing or able to fight for these people either.
The Republicans all across America keep screaming that they need to take this country back - presumably to the glory days of the 18th and 19th centuries. Those were the days alright; no bothersome equal rights issues, Trump's "the blacks" knew their place was in the cotton fields and not the White House, the women knew their place was in the home barefoot and pregnant, and damnyankee carpetbaggers could be tarred, feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.
Rick Scott should probably thank the Republican gods that Florida no longer allows the same kind of "recall" it had back in the 1800s. Although, with a coating of tar and feathers, Scott might not look like such a prick.
Just to bring the delusional Florida voters who put this clown into office up to speed - Scott is the former private health industry executive who made his fortune downsizing hospitals for profit. His partisan demagoguery on health reform and other issues has helped make him the least popular governor in the entire country, excluding The Villages (Florida asylum for old Republicans). It should also be noted that Scott's former (wink, wink) employer, Hospital Corporation of America stands to get addition monies from this plan.
Scott wants to cut Medicaid spending by nearly 10 percent to make up for gutting education last year. He says health spending is a fair target because it has grown far more rapidly than other government spending. "We need to fund education; it's the right thing to do," he said last week while ruminating in his ivory tower.
Yes, but if it is the right thing to do, why was education gutted in the first place? And now, why try to undo the damage by placing a burden on hospitals and the poor? Simply put, because he can, that and because the poor, and the elderly, and the sick are of no use to him - plus, they can't fight back. Sadly, there appears to be no one in Tallahassee willing or able to fight for these people either.
The Republicans all across America keep screaming that they need to take this country back - presumably to the glory days of the 18th and 19th centuries. Those were the days alright; no bothersome equal rights issues, Trump's "the blacks" knew their place was in the cotton fields and not the White House, the women knew their place was in the home barefoot and pregnant, and damnyankee carpetbaggers could be tarred, feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.
Rick Scott should probably thank the Republican gods that Florida no longer allows the same kind of "recall" it had back in the 1800s. Although, with a coating of tar and feathers, Scott might not look like such a prick.
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