"As one of our analysts in Kansas said, 'The reasons we don't have the hangover now is we missed the party,'" Perez said....and here in California some tens of thousands of prisoners may have an early release...why...to expensive to care for them...goes back to is anybody going to pay the bill? I'm not a big proponent of tax increases, but where else does the money come from...insurers could donate some but even their large stockpiles isn't enough to handle the issues forever...BD
Nearly two dozen states are grappling with deep cuts and tax proposals to close shortfalls totaling more than $34 billion. That includes California, where lawmakers have made emergency cuts and authorized billions in bond sales to halve a deficit once projected at $16 billion through June 2009. Another dozen states are bracing for falling revenue.
In California alone, lawmakers already have cut more than $1 billion in payments to physicians caring for 6.5 million people who rely on the state for health care. The move will push untold numbers from doctors' offices to overcrowded clinics and emergency rooms. Arizona must cut about $1.2 billion, or 11 percent of state spending. Florida already has cut $1 billion and is looking to shave another $2 billion from its $70-billion budget.
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