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Poor, Disabled Face Possible Budget Cuts
posted 07/08/09
3:33 pm
With Gov. Ed Rendell and legislators trying to decide how to fill a multibillion deficit, many state programs will get cut.
That may mean more mentally retarded adults must continue living with parents unable to care for them if there is no money to whittle down a waiting list for community homes.
It also means the state may stop providing tens of millions of dollars that help hospitals afford to treat the poor and uninsured.
If that happens, for example, Charles Cole Memorial Hospital in northcentral Pennsylvania will close its obstetrical unit, the only one around for 35 or so miles.
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Latest Comments on "Poor, Disabled Face Possible Budget Cuts"
posted by: Huh? on 12:35 pm on 07/09/09
Meanwhile, fatcat welfare recipients with 3-4 kids, all to different fathers, are running around crying how poor they are. Yep, make some hard, but compassionate choices.
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