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TexasTowelie

(111,288 posts)
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 06:28 AM Nov 2015

Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards’ Medicaid expansion timeline hits bump in road; here's what's next

On the campaign trial, Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards promised time and again that he would expand the rolls of Medicaid on his first day in office.

His promise to reverse repeated rejections of expanded Medicaid by Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and open the government health insurance program to more low-income workers was a cornerstone of the Democrat’s campaign. But legal realities have caused Edwards to back off, at least for the time being, while his incoming administration works through a legal glitch raised by the Legislature’s fiscal advisers.

Edwards told reporters Sunday in his first news conference as governor-elect that Medicaid expansion “will be part of the early initiatives that you see in my administration” — but not the first thing.

The communications director for the transition, Mary-Patricia Wray, said, “We are going to do it as soon as we possibly can. But he’s not going to ignore the concerns of the Legislative Fiscal Office. He’s going to address them.”

Read more: http://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/14098281-128/gov-elect-john-bel-edwards-medicaid

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Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards’ Medicaid expansion timeline hits bump in road; here's what's next (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2015 OP
The dirty little secret that the MSM minimizes is that Bobby Jindal has left Louisiana in economic still_one Nov 2015 #1
Representatives have stated Jindal has left a big mess and this was a direct quote Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2

still_one

(91,938 posts)
1. The dirty little secret that the MSM minimizes is that Bobby Jindal has left Louisiana in economic
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:30 AM
Nov 2015

shambles

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Representatives have stated Jindal has left a big mess and this was a direct quote
Fri Nov 27, 2015, 07:59 AM
Nov 2015

From a Republican representative. Jindal's strong point when he was running was his financial genius ability. He fed his staff buddies and starved the state workers. Thank goodness he dropped out of the presidential race. One other great result of the governor's race was Vitter not running for reelection.

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