tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13100834.post1649735270898795619..comments2023-10-30T02:15:08.014-07:00Comments on Burlington Area Progressives: Scott Walker to Eliminate Freedom & Choice for the DisabledStephen D. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113498534825448148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13100834.post-58639056260699669112015-03-11T19:54:05.568-07:002015-03-11T19:54:05.568-07:00Some of the take away lessons from the Kathleen Du...Some of the take away lessons from the Kathleen Dunn show linked above is that over 50,000 Wisconsin citizens who are disabled or frail elderly are served by our state's long-term care system that is a model for the nation built over 20-years of continuous improvement. Wrong Way Walker and his Health Services Chief can't even say what they're going to replace it with, except that we know it will likely be handed over to a big insurance company to run like a dictatorial HMO. Is this more Republicon quid pro quo privatization from The Great Divider to his donors in the insurance and nursing home industries? Almost certainly! If you'll recall one of Scooters moves in his first term was to make it illegal for nursing home state inspection records, PUBLIC RECORDS to be used in law suits over patient abuse, PREPOSTEROUS PANDERING!<br /><br />But wait there's, there's always more. Many of these long term care recipients are served at aging and disability centers in each county. these centers provide other, non-long-term-care services for folks. they are also places where people can go to get out and socialize and many people volunteer at these centers to help their friends and neighbors. will these centers even continue to exist? And who the hell is going to volunteer for an impersonal, out of state insurance Profiteer?<br /><br />Speaking of profiteers, suppose that after dismantling the Ain't Broke system we have, the insurance company decides that it's not getting the profits it wants, folds it's tent and leaves, THEN what? After Walker handed disability transportation services over to an out of state company, LogistiCare, the company squeezed out Mom & Pop firms who had been doing the job in counties all over the state just fine, thank you and left the state! http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/pi/logisticare-leaving-wisconsin-after-all-268ss1b-192588491.html<br /><br />One would think that if a good manager was going to place a very successful program on the Chopping Block they would at least know with what and be able to articulate their new and improved idea. But the results are in, from the failure of Walker's WEDC to his epic jobs fail and beyond. Walker is not an effective manager, not a competent executive, not a good Governor. He's nothing but a Bad Butcher!Sean Cranleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170723474238012805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13100834.post-49306442745771124842015-03-11T13:24:53.170-07:002015-03-11T13:24:53.170-07:00This is way worse than I portrayed it above. Here ...This is way worse than I portrayed it above. Here is the link to today's 1:00 pm Kathleen Dunn Show on WPR: http://www.wpr.org/shows/proposed-overhaul-wisconsin-long-term-care<br /><br />BTW WPR specifically and Public Broadcasting generally are also on Walker's Butcher Block. I believe that is more than about saving money, it's about stifling public debate and information, because for profit broadcasting, especially GOPster radio and what passes for local news on TV is not going to cover issues like with any depth at all. And that suits the Rulers just fine!Sean Cranleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09170723474238012805noreply@blogger.com