Doyle's Medicaid bond plan rejected

Republicans on the Wisconsin legislature's Joint Finance Committee rejected Gov. Doyle's proposal to borrow $130 million toward the cost of Medicaid.

The Republicans said the state should borrow only for long-term costs or to fund building projects. But Rep. Pedro Colon (D-Milwaukee) said bonding for health care costs made more sense than doing so to build stadiums for the Milwaukee Brewers and Green Bay Packers.

"I'm not as concerned about bonding for health care as much as bonding for a field in Milwaukee or a field in Green Bay," he said. "Those are games. Health care isn't a game."

A good parallel, if the bonding had been used to buy Brewer tickets or Packer tickets.