AZ GOV: SCREW THE POOR WITH PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS

Gov. Jan Brewer gave a nice speech at the memorial for the GIffords Attack but she hasn't changed her feelings about some of the worst off among us, Brewer proposes cut in Medicaid enrollment. Under her plan, about 280,000 Arizonans would be deprived of Medicaid benefits, including many who have mental afflictions:

An estimated 5,200 people diagnosed with a serious mental illness and thousands more who qualify for other behavioral-health services would be among 280,000 childless adults losing health-care coverage under the governor's plan.

The "thousands more" include what I would call the "walking wounded":

Thousands more now covered under AHCCCS, however, would not qualify for any federal or state assistance. They include people struggling with depression, bipolar disorder, drug and alcohol abuse, and other behavioral-health problems.