Tuesday, October 25, 2005

The Missing Map of AK & Privatizing Medicaid in FL

NYTimes: The legally binding 1978 map of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is gone. No map, no copies, no digitized version. The cartographer 1st says: "I don't think it was maliciously taken. I do think it was thrown out." But then the story goes on w/this: "Vandegraft said he had folded the map in half, cushioned w/in its foam-board backing, and put it behind the filing cabinet in the locked room for safekeeping. He said he was distraught when he learned of the loss. In its place in the original nook, he said, he found a new, folded piece of foam board similar to the old one - but w/ no map attached." This guy is either stupid or naive. Or stupidly naive. Of course it was stolen! And as if we needed more proof of the shallow depths of the Bush bros conservative compassion: "The Bush administration approved a sweeping Medicaid plan for FL that limits spending for many of the 2.2 million beneficiaries there and gives private health plans new freedom to limit benefits." B/c when there is a budget crisis, God forbid lawmakers increase taxes when they can take it out on the poor & elderly, huh? Hmm, I wonder if privatizing Medicaid would have forced Terri Schiavo's FL healthcare services to be cut or curbed?
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