tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972383.post6558613597470554420..comments2023-03-29T03:55:33.538-04:00Comments on BRUCIFER: Michigan Governor Granholm Disgusts MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972383.post-64922241624925093712007-05-18T05:01:00.000-04:002007-05-18T05:01:00.000-04:00State Sen. Roger N. Kahn, a Saginaw Township Repub...<I>State Sen. Roger N. Kahn, a Saginaw Township <B>Republican</B>, said the pending Medicaid reductions are "offensive" and "illegal."<BR/><BR/>"Those who would vote for those kinds of cuts are, in my opinion, trying to extort money from hospitals and (engage in) blackmail," the cardiologist said.<BR/><BR/>The result shortchanges medical care providers who already receive below-cost reimbursements, he said. It also violates rates set in legislation last year and may encourage some medical care providers to drop Medicaid patients, Kahn added.<BR/><BR/>"<B>Those people end up getting sicker and sicker and their prognosis gets worse and people die,</B>" he said. "Let's call it the way it is: <B>Children die</B>. This governor needs to understand something about caring, and she apparently does not." </I><BR/><BR/>http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1179325203161170.xml&coll=9&thispage=2Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159118011120271871noreply@blogger.com