New Orleans Adult Entertainment: Mary Landrieu takes personal jab in political disagreement with Bobby Jindal …
February 26, 2010
Levine, while endorsing the idea that quality primary care can be a cost-saver, said the senator’s assessment still overpromises access in a system already short on family-practice physicians willing to accept Medicaid, which generally pays at a lower rate than private insurance.
The back-and-forth is just the latest dustup between Landrieu and the Jindal administration concerning Medicaid and the federal health-care bill.
Landrieu took heat last year when she won an amendment to steer more federal money to Louisiana’s Medicaid program. Jindal had requested the fix, calling it the state’s top budget priority. But he was mum for days when conservative commentators Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh called Landrieu a “prostitute” for getting the provision tacked on to the insurance legislation. The governor eventually released a statement saying “the delegation” should not be criticized for helping Louisiana.
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