re: #23 recusancy

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.

Right…their closing assumes nobody can figure out any other way to replace that 20%. I would assume, as was the case in Louisiana where they learned the hard way it was foolish to close them, that states will find a way to fund them. What about the idea I suggested for states to impose a tax on insurance companies operating in their boundaries to make up that gap? It’s not as if funneling money through the federal level is the only way to pay for things.