Would you like Gov Tim Pawlenty to run for President ? Check out what kind of man he is

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/04/20/shifting-dental-care-er.html

(Gov Pawlenty's solution to deficit is to cut anything related to the poor)

By Kathlyn Stone , TC Daily Planet
April 20, 2009

Budget cuts to state dental care programs proposed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be an expensive shift that will end up costing state taxpayers more, say Minnesota dentists.

The governor has proposed eliminating dental care for adults receiving General Assistance, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, and the Critical Access Provider Payment Program, and replacing it with an ER care program on Jan. 1, 2010.

There’s just one problem.

Hospital emergency rooms aren’t set up as dentist’s offices. They can supply patients with pain medications for tooth aches and antibiotics for dental infections but they don’t extract teeth. “They can’t actually perform dental procedures so there will be repeated visits,” says Tom Day, director of legislative affairs for the Minnesota Dental Association (MDA).



*** maybe next time Rachel Maddow has Pawlenty on TV she can ask him about this instead of asking him softball questions ***

He's an effing little weasel (apologies to weasels). He's hurt the poor, women, children, and the disabled with his fucking budget cuts, and killed 13 people by ignoring the maintenance of the 35W bridge. God knows how many other deaths he's responsible for.

Nah. Won't happen.

and also because they won't be able to do anything to help the patient beyond some temporary pain relief and the patient will have to return continuously. Typical dumb assed republican move.