"New state budget would cut $800m; Proposal ends Medicaid adult dental benefits" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | June 5, 2009
Governor Deval Patrick filed an updated budget proposal yesterday that would cut nearly $800 million in spending from the initial plan he filed in January, including the elimination of adult dental benefits under state Medicaid plans.
Oh, THANKS, guv!!
Maybe my s*** teeth will take a bite out of your ass before I lose 'em!
Need money, guv?
I know just where to look:
Governor Guts State ServicesPigs at the State Trough
A Slow Saturday Special: Statehouse Slush Fund
Hollywood S***s on Massachusetts
Biotech Giveaway Was Borrowed Money
How many times I gotta put 'em up?
Removing that benefit, provided through the state's MassHealth program, would save the state $164 million but would leave 600,000 residents without vital dental care, including exams, cleanings, and root canals....
Please see Boston Globe Omissions: Hiding Health Care Failure and related links within, readers.
I told you our program stinks here, but the agenda calls for selling so the Globe is minimizing the problems!
And it isn't just the teeth getting kicked in by state government, folks:
The new plan preserves current levels of local education aid, but recommends a further reduction of $80 million in other local aid....
All this while TAXES are GOING UP!!!!
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And STILL NO HELP!
"Sales tax drop imperils school building aid" by Megan McKee, Globe Correspondent | June 4, 2009
The state agency that helps communities pay for school repairs and construction said yesterday that plummeting sales tax revenues may dampen the ability to fund future building, warning districts to scale back their expectations....
Schools around here is already falling apart.
Roof leaks onto the basketball floor if you can believe it!
