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I just came across this article in the paper...I guess those folks in D.C. haven't heard about e-mails, phones, fax's, or internet meetings...To fly from Denver to Helena for less than a 1/2 hour meeting is pure asinine and a total waste of money.....
And to top it-- if GW wasn't threatening to veto this SCHIPS money to guarantee all kids have insurance-- which is supported by the majority of the population- along with a majority of the Congress- they wouldn't have any reason to be flying around to find out what backups the States have...
:roll: :( :mad: :mad: :mad:


Joe Nunez, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Mark Gilbert, regional administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, said they flew in from Denver to personally assure Montana leaders that the federal government does not want to do away with the program and to find out what kinds of backup plans states have in the works should the program expire.

The two flew in and out of Helena on Friday, spending roughly eight hours getting to and from Montana for a meeting that lasted less than half an hour. Gilbert said he didn't know how much their airline tickets cost, but online airline ticket seller Orbitz.com estimated that two round-trip tickets from Denver to Helena purchased during the week on short notice would cost $1,100 to $1,400 per person.

http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/09/29/news/state/20-schip.txt
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