either you made an honest mistake or you tryed to distorte the truth ! so which is it ? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-alperinsheriff/sarah-palin-instituted-ra_b_125833.html [ On Sunday, CNN's Jessica Yellin claimed to have found no evidence in city records that Sarah Palin was aware that sexual assault victims were being billed for forensic testing. Also, a document released by the City of Wasilla stated that a thorough investigation turned up no records of any bills ever having been sent out for the cost of forensic tests either to victims or to their insurance companies.
But these investigators weren't looking in the right place. During consideration of HB 270, the law Alaska legislators passed to ban the practice of billing sexual assault victims for forensic testing, Lauree Hugonin, then-Director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA), reported that the charges "resulted from the accounting procedures at the hospitals and not the law enforcement agencies" so it was the hospitals and not the City of Wasilla that was sending out the actual bills. And it was during Palin's administration that hospitals began sending those bills to the victims and their insurance companies rather than to the police department. Earlier, I too muddied the waters in my reporting lat week on the budget documents that confirm the timeline. I mistakenly claimed that the exams were paid for by the Wasilla Police Department under the "contingency funding" category of the budget when the exams were actually covered by the "contractual services" line item. The budget for the police department's first full fiscal year, FY94, (July 1st, 1993-June 30th, 1994; available here in PDF form) explained that contractual services were "costs for medical blood tests for intoxicated drivers & medical exam/evidence collection for sexual assaults." That is the line Palin slashed by 75 percent. It is clear, Palin was either aware of the cut and approved it or she was negligent. The evidence favors the former conclusion. Even as the 2000 Wasilla budget was being submitted, Alaska lawmakers were debating the legislation that would ban the practice of billing the victims. As quoted by CNN, Palin's Deputy Mayor said Palin "would review each department's budget line by line." And as noted in the original post below, the police chief Palin put in power, Fannon, was a strong advocate of the practice of billing the victims and a noted outspoken critic of the legislation that ended the practice. As he told the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "I just don't want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer." ] On Sep 25, 9:48 am, voxitar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:34 AM, mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what facts all i see is more propaganda and distortion of the truth to > > protect plain and McCain . such as " there is no record of any > > individual in Wasilla ever being charged, or ever paying for their > > rape kit, EVER! " > > i guess you forgot it is against the law to release the ame of a rape > > victim . and if they didn't spend the money as they claim on rape kits > > where did palin spend the money ? are you saying she was a part of the > > embeselment of government funds ? > > There's no need to release a rape victim's name to determine whether > she was charged for a rape kit or not. The City of Wasilla and the > Police Department searched all available records (statement on the > Wasilla website) and there is NO evidence whatsoever that Palin or the > city of Wasilla charged a rape victim for a rape kit..NONE. NADA. > > Meanwhile, it's been discovered Barack Obama co-sponsored a bill in > Illinois as state senator that charged rape victim's insurance > companies for rape kits: > > http://www.ilga.gov/ > > 410 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-7) > Sec. 7. Charges and reimbursement. > (a) When any ambulance provider furnishes transportation, hospital > provides hospital emergency services and forensic services, hospital > or health care professional or laboratory provides follow-up > healthcare, or pharmacy dispenses prescribed medications to any sexual > assault survivor, as defined by the Department of Healthcare and > Family Services, who is neither eligible to receive such services > under the Illinois Public Aid Code [my emphasis]NOR COVERED AS TO SUCH > SERVICES BY A POLICY OF INSURANCE[/my emphasis] the ambulance > provider, hospital, health care professional, or laboratory shall > furnish such services to that person without charge and shall be > entitled to be reimbursed for its billed charges in providing such > services by the Illinois Sexual Assault Emergency Treatment Program > under the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. > > So, in plain English - if you have insurance in Illinois and you are > raped, YOUR INSURANCE IS CHARGED FOR THE RAPE KIT. > > Shame on Barack Obama for re-traumatizing rape victims by forcing them > to deal with their insurance company after being raped once already. > Clearly, Barack Obama doesn't care about women who have been raped. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
