Monday, March 14, 2005

Can't have it both ways

Planned Parenthood is suing the attorney general of Indiana because the AG's Medicaid fraud unit wants access to a number of Medicaid patients' files there.

Group sues state over medical records

Liberal groups want it both ways. They want gimmees from Uncle Sow, but don't make anyone accountable for it. In my book, folks, if you take money from someone for a specific reason, you are then responsible to them to account for exactly how you spend it. If you don't like it, how's about not taking the dough? And if you simply must take the dough, live with the consequences of that decision and realize your life won't be private anymore. At least it shouldn't be... they're taking the public's money, they should have to account for it to the public. Medicaid programs shouldn't have any guarantees of privacy with regards to oversight by governmental officials.

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