New Orleans Adult Entertainment: Louisiana Has Big Stake in Health Bill
December 19, 2009
Nevertheless, because of this formula, the federal share of Louisiana’s Medicaid costs is expected to drop around 10 percentage points by 2011, which state officials say could add up to $500 million a year.
“It’s something that will make you stop breathing just to think about it,” Mr. Levine said.
In late November, on the eve of her key vote allowing the Senate health care proposal to proceed, Ms. Landrieu won a provision that would bring $300 million into the state to help with this Medicaid shortfall.
Many state Republicans, including Mr. Jindal, have stayed conspicuously quiet on the matter, even as national conservative figures criticized Ms. Landrieu. The broadcasters Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh called her a prostitute, prompting the state Democratic Party, perhaps loath to miss a chance to use the word prostitute in the same sentence with Senator David Vitter, to demand that Mr. Vitter repudiate the broadcasters’ comments.
Leave a Reply