“Stimulus” money to be spent—an example

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Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”
February 13, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and associated companies”
February 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and how others rate the company”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts at this time. I do not plan to get to them until sometime later this year. I do plan to discuss Iraq but not until later this year. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

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The following article was published in the Peoria Journal Star on February 26, 2009, page B3. The headline is “Medicaid payments on fast track” with a sub-headline of “State plans to use $471 million windfall to reimburse providers.”

The article:

“Springfield—State government plans to use a potential $471 million windfall from the federal government to reduce the amount of time it takes for health-care providers to get paid for serving the poor, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

State officials are ‘working closely’ with their federal counterparts to make sure that Illinois meets the requirements for the extra Medicaid money and can start drawing it, said Annie Thompson, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which handles the state’s Medicaid program.

A White House news release this week said Illinois would be eligible to get almost $471 million of Medicaid money as part of the new economic stimulus package. But Illinois, like all states, must meet certain standards spelled out in the law to receive the money, the White House said.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether Illinois started receiving the funds on Wednesday, which is when the White House said they would be available to states.

Thompson said that to get the federal Medicaid money, Illinois immediately must pay physicians and other practitioners within 30 days. By June 1, the state also must pay hospitals and nursing homes within 30 days.

Right now, the state has ‘no problem’ meeting the 30-day threshold for practitioners, she said, but the wait is longer for hospitals and nursing homes. She said HFS is budgeted to have an average payment cycle of 90 days.

But providers of Medicaid services in Illinois, particularly hospitals, pharmacies and nursing homes, often wait for months to get paid by the state. At present, the state has about $2 billion worth of unpaid Medicaid bills.

Illinois hospitals also have been waiting for months to collect about $1 billion per year through a complicated maneuver that lets hospitals and state government collect hundreds of millions of dollars in extra money from the federal government for health-care needs.

On Wednesday, state lawmakers advanced legislation intended to kick-start the so-called ‘hospital assessment plan.’

A Senate committee voted for a bill that would authorize borrowing $510 million from selected state funds to provide the money needed to get the program rolling. The money would be repaid to the state funds by April 14.”

The article refers to the proposed $471 million in spending for Medicaid as a “windfall.” And, indeed, it is. What it is NOT, is money that will increase the number of jobs within the economy nor will it save jobs. The $471 million windfall is a debt that is already owed by the State of Illinois. As said before, this is just another example of a transfer of debt ownership from the State of Illinois, in this case, to the federal government.

I’m sure the doctors will be glad to receive the money owed them. I’m sure the hospitals, pharmacies, and nursing homes will be glad to receive the money owed them sooner instead of later. But, in no way, does this money increase or save jobs. That can only happen if the State of Illinois uses the money that would have been paid to the various groups for new spending. Since, by all reports, the Illinois State budget is some $9 billion in the red and growing, I for one, would be upset if that occurs and I, for one, seriously doubt if it will.

Again, it seems rather evident that much of this so-called “stimulus” money is no more than a transfer of debt from the State and local governments to the federal government. That might be a nice gesture on the part of the federal government, although I doubt it, but it DOES NOT and CAN NOT create jobs or save jobs unless the State and local governments spend more money rather than lowering their debt. I’m rather certain that most governments will choose to lower their debt. Again, a TRANSFER of DEBT; NOT job creation!

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.” Galatians 6: 7-8 (NIV)

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