To the editor:

Gov. Brownback owes the Kansas treasury $31.5 million. That’s the amount of Kansas’ money he sent back to the federal government after arrogantly and incorrectly handicapping the Supreme Court’s health insurance mandate decision.ov. Brownback owes the Kansas treasury $31.5 million. That’s the amount of Kansas’ money he sent back to the federal government after arrogantly and incorrectly handicapping the Supreme Court’s health insurance mandate decision.

The governor’s action leaves Kansans without the groundwork for a Kansas-designed health insurance exchange, which disadvantages all of us in the health insurance market. He’ll also need to borrow a front loader from the Koch brothers to get all the egg off his face. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a governor who makes decisions based on rational thought processes rather than ideology-driven gambles? Way to go, Governor.