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Show I WcihtcMlny, Sepk-mlw- i 6, 2tHM), I III. DAILY lit RAI D, (ww .IhrfcltalleniM - rs com), Pww. Utah M aov. Leavitt promises aetteir edyoatnoGi School in I'rovo. By STKN'KN (iAHDM R TWDmlvlImM The I'ranklin Htop was part of ft statewide tour for the OOF leaders. Paving lor those improvements will depend on a continued strong economy, said Marty Stephens, speaker of tho Utah House of Utah Cov. Miki HUM) Lenvilt. said vol inn Republican in November's Malrw id elections' will translate into smaller class sizes, higher paid teachers and no more old textbooks. The two-tergovernor, himself a candidate lor a third term, was flanked by about h dozen other - Noptvscnlntivcs, "There in no immediate quantum leap that ran he made in education, If (here were, we would have found it," l,onvttt said. So t he Republican plan would he phased in over the next four years. state party leaders mid candidates Tuesday nl Franklin Klomenlnrv Under the program, the average teachers would he claw sizes would average under 20 and schools could replace salary for $4!U)()0, textbooks, all by 2(X)4. The plan also calls for increased spending for technology and reading specialists, and an increase in the number of graduates among ethnic minorities. At least one local Democratic leader expressed her doubts. "If this was not about politics and truly about education, it would not be happening now. It would have been happening over the past out-of-dat- e eight years," said Nancy Jane Woodside, chairwoman of the Utah County Democratic Party. Stephens said he didn't know how much the plan would cost. Nor did he have any specifies about how to pay for the program other than continuing to make Utah attractive for businesses, The plan does call for a $122 million surplus to help pay for more textbooks. le said Democrats will be pushing for the same kinds of improvements. "You're going to hear Democrats talking about the same thing. The difference you're going to hear ia how they're tfoing to accomplish that," he said. Woodside said Republicans are responding, to pressure from their Democratic rivals. "If he (leavitt) could have gotten away with not doing it, why would he have done it?" she said. Thnft why a system work." two-part- 1 Sicwn (ianlner van he tvtivhed at sganliH'iXiihmilth'.xttri.com, Lack of funds trims health care benefits H DANIKI I he I I K Will i "We have put together n coalition to offer alternatives to the Utah Department of Health, but 'have not had much success," Murray said. ."Federal law requires hospitals to stabilize emergency patients, bnl often there ends up iieing a bill that doesn't get paid either by the patient or the Ihealth care insurance program, The result, is $10 i: duly IIoimW PKOVO lte,,T,i of a lack of stale funding,, (lie Utllh Mediral A'dst n nee' m u Program ban m $8()(Ul)l) ... .worth nl' nits in health care benefits lor families. About HOI) former UMAP clients were dropped .from . i the effective program We're going to clear the air here. million wortji of uncompen- Friday, said Hrure Murray, a Utah Department of Health sated care. In the meantime, these, poor people who are spokesman. chronically ill need the help Kining heallh miv rosin and now can't get it," have outstripped IIMAP's of ; Utah Department - fu nd i n tu a k l'mri 1 a n a to" g, officials say that in Health ry for the program lo drop order for UMAP to. operate previously eligible clients, within budget, an emersaid Murray. Those dropped-'- , gency rule creuting additionfrom the program earn more al funding would nave to he than $,')H7 per month, he signed. Hut tub Petit, execusaid. tive director of the Utah ha vclcuI "They iny-- Department of llealthrsaid throat?' said policy holder that won't happen because Connie Carl weight "I take no additional funding is 17 different prescriptions for available. heart and thyroid problems "UMAP isn't an entitleand diabetes," Cartwright. ment program, therefore said, "1 had surgery in doesn't' always funding I March on my thyroid, and match the need," Petit said, really need medical ion to "The money isn't available compensate for that, have to continue all of the servic;io idea what am supposed es to Ulahns enrolled in the jfo do now," she said, program," ' Cartwright's cast" is simi"The that upsets me lar to that of many UMAP the mostthing is that they (health illclients, Due to chronic department) went and made nesses, they find it difficult these changes' without buyto obtain or hold a job, and ing a public hearing; they therefore cannot afford to didn't tell the public that pay for their medical ions, they were going to do it so said Scott Warnick, Utah something could be done Issues health care advocate, about it," Cartwright said. "1 had insurance through The Utah Issues Center my job, but due to my healt h for Poverty Research And can't work," Action has reported about problems, Cartwright said, "I have (1,000 Utahns earn less than a month; and with applied for disabilities benefits and Moeial Security, but health care costs continually fas told I was not eligible," rising and no increases in According to the Utah program funding, the buying and Health potential for UMAP in Hospitals Systems Association, UMAP decreasing. lis an offshoot of the 1U7H "We try to make sure that StateCounty Indigent Poor state, programs which provide services to low income Relief Act and was officially the established by patients are Una need adelegislature Medical Act to quately," Warnick said, "We are basically a voire to (the help people who do not qualMedicare for or legislature) for ify families and clients" Medicaid. i I , I I I v ! 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