Illinois Spends 5 Million Dollars on Promoting Socialist Health Plan For Kids

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on Illinois' All Kids Program:

State Rep. Rosemary Mulligan (R-Des Plaines) claimed $5 million has been spent to publicize Blagojevich's All Kids -- money that could have provided thousands of mammograms for women or built clinics for needy families. Mulligan, who voted for the program, said it turned out that a majority of children who signed up for All Kids would have been covered anyway by a federal program.

Blagojevich's spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff countered that the promotional money was a necessary expense.

"If they didn't advertise the program, no one would have signed up," Ottenhoff said, adding that publicity from the state program brought forward a lot of people who were eligible for the federal program, with the state taking in those who could not qualify.

Those who criticize private insurance companies for wasting money on advertising,we say what about the government waste?