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Yet another remnant of the Clinton legacy
By: Mike Bates
RightConservative.com 06-02-05
It began in New York. An official there found that almost 200 of his state’s most dangerous sexual predators got Viagra at no expense. Like Blanche DuBois, the paroled felons had depended on the kindness of strangers.
The strangers in this case were taxpayers, who picked up the tab for the little blue pills thorough Medicaid. Yes, Medicaid, that superlative social welfare program from Lyndon Johnson and his War on Poverty. Medicaid is a federal law and mostly funded with dollars from Washington, but is administered individually by each state.
When he was president, Clinton said he hoped that, "the American people will come to understand that Medicaid is not simply a program for poor people."
He was right. Obviously, it’s more than that, as least in some jurisdictions. Thanks to him, it’s also a program for poor perverts.
We can imagine how the New York story sent elected officials elsewhere and their minions scurrying. Reimbursing convicted sex assailants for their performance enhancement drugs with public funds is one thing. Getting busted for it in the media is quite another.
Other shoes dropped. A quick check by the Associated Press found that more than 800 convicted sex predators in 14 states received Medicaid money for Viagra and similar drugs. One governor issued an emergency order barring Medicaid payments for registered sex offenders. How much of an emergency would it have been if not for the bad press these cases are getting?
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By: Mike Bates
RightConservative.com 06-02-05
It began in New York. An official there found that almost 200 of his state’s most dangerous sexual predators got Viagra at no expense. Like Blanche DuBois, the paroled felons had depended on the kindness of strangers.
The strangers in this case were taxpayers, who picked up the tab for the little blue pills thorough Medicaid. Yes, Medicaid, that superlative social welfare program from Lyndon Johnson and his War on Poverty. Medicaid is a federal law and mostly funded with dollars from Washington, but is administered individually by each state.
When he was president, Clinton said he hoped that, "the American people will come to understand that Medicaid is not simply a program for poor people."
He was right. Obviously, it’s more than that, as least in some jurisdictions. Thanks to him, it’s also a program for poor perverts.
We can imagine how the New York story sent elected officials elsewhere and their minions scurrying. Reimbursing convicted sex assailants for their performance enhancement drugs with public funds is one thing. Getting busted for it in the media is quite another.
Other shoes dropped. A quick check by the Associated Press found that more than 800 convicted sex predators in 14 states received Medicaid money for Viagra and similar drugs. One governor issued an emergency order barring Medicaid payments for registered sex offenders. How much of an emergency would it have been if not for the bad press these cases are getting?
Read the full article
what in the hell were people thinking? :Oopsie
