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th second part of a two­
part ri on h alth car concerns
lacing Michi anians.
LAN 'IN National bound ric:
not only s p r tc two differ nt
n tion liti but th Y c n P ra
ide .
Many Michigani rs re not far
from the national borders of our
north rn ighbo the Canadi ns.
While th re re many imilantie be­
tween American nd Canadian,
there rc om difference. We h ve
a p ident, th y have a prime mini-
ter. While race i our mo t divi iv
i ue, Ian uage i theirs.
We ever have different health .
care y terns, ours ernployer-b ed
and th irs nationalized. In that I ,t
a peer, however, th re are orne
Americans who would like the U.S.
to have a .lmitar h a1th c rc system.
U IV R 'AL OR national
hcalth care has become a big i ue
nationwide. When people talk about
national h al th care, th y took to the
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pecial children: Our kid
By USHA MANCHANDA
Captial tW Se",ice
LAN lN -There are about 5
children in Michigan wai ting to be
adopted at anyone time.
M t of the e children are "very,
very hard" t place children cau e
of th ir 'pedal needs, aid Kirsta
Grapentine, program manager of the
Michigan Adoption Re ource
Ex hange (MARE).
"The fact that they are not'
ep
join
WA 11INGTON, D.C.-U.S. Reprc-
eruativc John Conyer (Dvl st,
Mich.) and Barbara-Rose Collins
(D-13th, Mich.) last week joined a
law uit against the Engler Ad­
ministration for violating the due
proces rights of Gc ncral Assi tance "
(GA) recipients by recently enacting
state Social Services budget cuts.
The two legislators, who repre­
sent Detroit in the U.S. House of
Representative, participated in an .
amicu brief filed November 21,
with the Michigan Supreme Court,
where the lawsuit against Gerald
adopted by a r Iaiive or fo ter family
make them fall into the category of
spe ial-nccds children," he id.
Every year about 2, ) children,
excluding infants. become availabl
for adoption. 'Althou h. figure for
the year 1990-91 arc not yet
availa le, in the 1 9- 0 year 1.222
children were adopted, aid Henry
Hof tra, an adoption e r v ice
peciali t at the Department of
So ial S rvi e, roSS .
nqler
Miller, Engler', director I So ial
Service, i p nding.
"It' highly unusual for federal
legi lators to get involved in a law­
uit in the state courts," Conyers a -
erted, "but we repre ent the people
who will be hurt the worst by the
Governor's General As i tance cuts,
and felt trongly enough to endorse
thi law uit.
"It' ab olutely uncon cionable
that in the middle f the worst rece -
ion in recent memory, the State
would cut 2 0 million from the
mo t fundamental tate i tance to
y
HI HLAND PARK-Addre ing
the public 'ion b ore Highland
Par City Coun il, i tarn Wayn
County Executive for Heal th and
Community Service B rnie Kil­
p tri k am d that th County Care
m dical program will run ut 0
funds by v mb r 0, b cause (
tate cutbac .
Kilp tri k aid th tat failed to
fund th County Care program for
thi fi cal year and county re erve
will run out by the end of th month.
"ThL will hav folk dropping
de d in th tr ets," Kilpatrick said.
"Thi i going to wreak hav 'on our
health care y tern and it oing 1
from
Engl rc h d
at pr
Kilpatrick pas ed m terial to th
audien e det iling a tudy by Dr.
Harvey M. Day of H.M: Day
per on
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Lawmakers pond r � long cold win er
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By LAURA BLAKE
.. �AND THEIR EXPOSED BACKSIDES
C.ptMl N.w. S.rv/�
LAN lNG-In light of recent
budget cut, tate lawmaker ar
crambling to come up with olu­
tion • for thousand of Michig n
needah
me
said. An incre e in th number of
special-need children is due to a
chang in th family tructur in the
United State , he aid.
"Additionally, today we have
stricter laws for abu iv e and
See CHILDREN, A·10
It' thi kind ofparty p liti
h criti con med.
that
TIl ,PE IAL- E D
category include children with
African American or oth r minori ty
herita C, tho e who need to be pla d
witha iblmg.phy ically or memally
handicapped children and older
children.
"A nap hot of an average
special-need child i a 9-year-old
wi th an emotional problem, mayb a
learning di ability, who bas a brother
about the same age," Grapentine
uit
Michigan' neediest citizens," Con ..
yer c ntinued. "What' almost
worse i the as ertion that the e cuts
will make GA recipients 'mol' elf-
ufficient.' Will ending payments to
enior citizens for oxygen encourage
them to be more self-sufficient? Will
ending payments for medical sup­
plies encourage the sick to fend for
themselves?" Conyers asked.
COLLIN A ERTED,"It is
tragic that in a world where com-
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