FYI, for those wanting details: Here is a good summary of the differences between the House and Senate health care bills.
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Daily Archives: Jan. 8, 2010
Differences between health care bills
Jan. 8, 201012:59 p.m.
‘Death panel’ was ‘lie of the year’
Jan. 8, 201012:58 p.m.
Sarah Palin’s claim about a government “death panel” was picked as the “lie of the year” by the fact-checking Web site PolitiFact.com. Though her assertion has been thoroughly debunked, Palin said she has no regrets about claiming that the government would set up boards to determine whether seniors and people with disabilities were worthy of care, or about coining the term “death panel.” “I would characterize them like that again, in a heartbeat,” Palin said.
Midwest is dangerous?
Jan. 8, 20106:02 a.m.
The White House announced this week that it would no longer return terrorism detainees to Yemen because the country doesn’t adequately hold or monitor detainees. For example, some detainees the Bush administration sent back to Yemen are now leaders in al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the group claiming responsibility for the attempted bombing of the Northwest Airlines flight.
Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, responded to the announcement by restating his opposition to moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to a prison in the United States, particularly in the Midwest. But he did so with a puzzling comparison. “If Yemen is too dangerous for terrorist detainees, so is Midwest America,” Tiahrt said in a statement.
Disappointing vote on child center
Jan. 8, 20106:00 a.m.
Maybe the Sedgwick County Commission’s 4-1 decision about funding the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County somehow will end up helping the facility consolidate operations under a suitable roof. But on its face, Wednesday’s disappointing vote — to reject county staff’s proposal to give the center $835,000 and instead make $334,000 in county funding contingent on securing city and state dollars — doesn’t look very helpful. The city has turned down the center, and the state not only is broke but already gave the center $112,000 recently. County money must be spent with caution, of course, especially during this downturn. But the county funds other budget items without demanding that the city or state kick in. It’s unfortunate that commissioners would use a plan to help abused children as a way to tweak the city and state for their priorities.
