Jan Brewer Medicaid Cuts Prompt Dire Calls For Life-Saving Coverage & Criticism Of 'Brewercare'

[Derechos]

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is facing intense criticism and scrutiny for declining requests to hold a special session to reinstate medical transplant coverage, which for some patients was covered by the state until recently when the health care program ended.

The Tucson Sentinel reported on Tuesday:

Mesa resident Randy Shepherd, a 36-year-old father of three, has been living with a pacemaker for several years and now is facing what he says is his last treatment option: a heart transplant.

But Shepherd's hopes for a transplant were dashed when the state cut Medicaid funding for certain transplants under the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.

"Look at all of us who need these transplants," Shepherd said, joined Tuesday by three others who say they are unable to get live-saving transplants due to the cuts. "It's not an option for us; it's a necessity."


Tiffany Tate, who told the Arizona-based outlet that she was diagnosed with a chronic lung disease when she was a young child more than two decades ago, addressed the stakes she faces if she is unable to receive treatment.

"The state needs to come together so we can have a second chance at life," she explained. "I want to travel, to play basketball again. It would mean everything to me."

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Brewer maintains her position that unless legislators provide a solution to what her office calls a $1 billion gap in funding for the Medicaid agency, she will not call a special session.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/jan-brewer-medicaid-cuts_n_794179.html

[Angry Dragon]

1. REPUBLICAN DEATH PANELS

see sarah death panels do exist ........ they are being created by YOUR people
I bet I do not see you tweeting about this you piece of _______

[blondeatlast]

2. Since I can't call my governor a *****, maybe I can call her a heartless,

self-serving lowlife teabag-kissing, despicable, Wal-Mart brand Sarah Palin wannabe?

Maybe these DU civility rules will work--I found my alternative more accurate, expressive, and damn refreshing.

[madrchsod]

3. jan brewer.....separated at birth?

[democracy1st]

4. K & R

[LynneSin]

5. Wait, I thought it was Obama and the Democrats creating these Death Panels

:grr:


What's really sad is this guy is 36 years old. I know what it's like to lose a father that young and it's very painful for a child to deal with it.

[blondeatlast]

6. Yep, where's Arizona's "family values" crowd now?

I love Arizona but I loathe most Arizonans--especially the ones who came here to retire. They've gotr theirs, fuck the rest of us (and especially, our schools).

[dgibby]

7. Odd stance coming from a woman so desperately in need of a brain transplant. n/t