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Even though the state has found itself to be in surplus after a revised budget analysis last week, Governor Walker is still advocating cutting funds to Family Care, managed long-term care for the elderly and adults with disabilities serving about 3,000 people daily. I’ve heard we call interference with health care “Death Panels”, and these are Walker’s. Over 400 residents will wait for necessary medical care for two years plus if Walker cuts the funding this June, mirroring the horror fable Republicans made up about the Healthcare Reform law, only this time, it would be true. People would be waiting in line for care and too many of them dying while waiting. Wausau Daily Herald reported: For more than 400 residents in five counties served by the state’s long-term care program, Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget could mean they won’t get services for at least two years…Walker’s budget puts a freeze on Family Care that would go into effect June 20. Those who still are on waiting lists June 20 or sign up for the program after that date would have to wait until the freeze ends in two years or until someone leaves the program, opening up space. “The [...]PoliticusUSA - Real Liberal Politics ~~ No Corporate Money, No Masters

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