re: #17 BryanS

Right…I agree. So isn’t it in the insurance company’s interest to fund them? I stated in my post I agreed they save money and lives. Since the federal level is only funding 20% of them, why can’t states figure out how to pick the rest up, even, as I suggested, by taxing insurance companies.

The federal government pays about 20 percent of the cost of the centers, with states, cities and philanthropy picking up the rest. Many strapped state and local governments have cut back their financing, and experts say that the virtual elimination of federal money would force many centers to close and sharply damage the effectiveness of the national network.