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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:20 PM
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Brownback: Kansas to Return $31.5 Million Health Exchange Grant
Source: National Journal

Kansas will return a $31.5 million grant to the federal government that aimed to help the state set up a health-insurance exchange, state officials announced on Tuesday.

GOP Gov. Sam Brownback said the state would return the money because of doubts surrounding the federal government’s ability to pay for the grant in the future. Kansas was one of six states to receive extra funding in February.

"There is much uncertainty surrounding the ability of the federal government to meet its already budgeted future spending obligations. Every state should be preparing for fewer federal resources, not more.... That requires freeing Kansas from the strings attached to the Early Innovator Grant," Brownback said in a statement.

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Brownback had come under pressure from tea party group Patriot Action Network for saying he opposed the 2010 health care law, but allowing the state to apply for the grant. The group included a fact sheet on its website entitled "How Gov. Brownback Brought Obama Care to Kansas!"

Read more: http://www.nationaljournal.com/healthcare/brownback-kansas-to-return-31-5-million-health-exchange-grant-20110809



Who's your daddy, Brownback? Guess attending Goodhair's Prayer meetin this weekend just showed how soul-less he really is. Pray, asshole, for your country and then stab it in the heart when your Gawd is not looking.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:24 PM
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1. If it's a one -time grant to SET UP the exchange, and it already has
been allocated, why does it need to be "paid for" in the future? Am I not understanding this, aside from the fact that Brownback is a flaky goofball?
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alc Donating Member (649 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:55 PM
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11. If you take the money now there are strings in the future but no money then
Some of the stimulus funds paid through 2011 but required hiring or providing other services. Some states said no because come 2012 they'd have a bunch of employees they no longer had money to pay or a bunch of citizens expecting services the state could no longer provide. They either had to cut other 2012 items from the budget or fire people and cut services. I really don't blame the states having budget problems because it really would cause problems in 2012. (Some governors were just being dicks and didn't take the money but others had valid reasons).
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 08:23 PM
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13. Also some states have iron clad legislation that doesn't permit
Them to set up programs when the funding will expire in "X" amount of time.

I remember seeing Pete DeFazio (D -Or) when he was on the House floor, trying to explain to the Obama Administration that taking money via the stimulus program to help do a project, but only for eighteen months, was not something his state could do, as every project had to be guaranteed payment from the Federal Government for a full two years.

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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:30 PM
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2. Is Brownback going to send back every other government dollar
Kansas takes in?

If not, he's a damn total hypocrite ...
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deminks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:34 PM
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4. He has already asked for disaster funds for the flooding in NE corner of the state.
Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 06:35 PM by deminks
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:57 PM
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8. and isn't that one of those parts of the nation where
all those "Them thar Narlens brownies whined so fargin much about the gummint drownin dem ..." ... you know, the "we pull ourselves up by our bootstraps" types ...
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Firebrand Gary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:32 PM
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3. Does Brownback know something that the rest of us do not?
Question worth exploring I think.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 08:32 PM
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15. No, Im pretty sure we all know it
and it is "Republicans are scared of Teabaggers, and when shoved by them will do whatever they want every single time"
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:35 PM
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5. "You poor people can just pull yourselves up by your own damn hospital johnnies." - BrownNose (R)
Ptoooey.
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:44 PM
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6. Brownback was one of the Senators who ran up the national debt under Bush.
He's not fooling anyone.
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bloomington-lib Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 06:54 PM
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7. Oh well. If Kansas doesn't like it they'll vote him out.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:08 PM
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9. So the Tea Party isn't letting them vote against the bill...
...then sit back and brag for the next 5 years about how good it was for the state?


Interesting.


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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:52 PM
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10. He's praying for us all to be healthy
I'm praying for him to be recalled.
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benld74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 08:11 PM
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12. Once more - WHAT the Hell's the Matter with Kansas?!?!?!
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adhd_what_huh Donating Member (368 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 08:25 PM
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14. In 2014 business will move to those states with the best
exchange so as to minimize the cost and maximize the tax deductions.

Kansas will be left with out jobs or healthcare.
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