I’m going to take the fun position of agreeing with the Repubs here. As Charles quoted from the article, the federal funding supports 20% of the costs of these centers.

I agree with the assertion that the poison centers save money and lives. But why can’t the states determine how to fund them? If 80% of their funding is not from the federal government, then is it the states that fund the other 80%? If they save on medical costs, couldn’t the states get some funding from the insurance companies in their states, including perhaps a tax on them to replace that 20%?