We live in a world that just keeps getting worse.
Yes, we all know this information, it has been posted on Kos many times already, but where is the outrage? Oh...I know, it is in the Senate where they screwed these people with the new Bankruptcy bill.
The story I am refering to is on MSNBC, and can be found here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7160636/
more...
Some highlights include this:
A number of states have helped families pay for rare conditions such as cystic fibrosis or heart defects -- conditions that once were often fatal by adolescence. But the children are living longer on ever more expensive treatments, and states find they can no longer afford unlimited aid.
Idaho is also asking children's families to pay more and trying to end an adult aid program. Virginia and other states are trying to shift some cases to Medicaid. Others, such as Minnesota, had to end all but federally required services.
"I have heard of families taking extra jobs and going into debt and having some major
hardships," said Dr. Jim Bryant, director of Ohio's program. "We are concerned about
it,but we have limited resources."
and this:
· In 2003, 84.4 percent of Americans, or 243.3 million people, had health insurance. Therefore, 15.6 percent of Americans, or 45 million people, did not have any health insurance, an increase from 15.2 percent the year before.
· In 2003, 11.4 percent of American children (8.4 million) had no health insurance.
and this:
Families can face a cruel choice: Keep working and go into
debt or bankruptcy, or quit a job or get a divorce to cut income to the level that qualifies
for Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor and disabled.
There is such evil out in our world, and running this evil is the GOP who care not for nature, not for life, not for the care of children, no all they care about is making sure that those in this country who have money continue to horde more and more.
Outraged is almost too mild to explain how I feel right now. These are the very same people who want every child born, yet are not willing to extend the lives of those children they so "want."