http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/03/04/3628712/jindal-healthcare-obamacare/
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court hears a case that if successful, could strip away health insurance from millions of people who depend on federal subsidies.
But Louisiana Governor and likely presidential candidate Bobby Jindal says he welcomes such a ruling, telling reporters at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference: “When the subsidies go away, the individual mandate goes away, the employer mandate goes away. That’s a great thing. That’s a tax cut.”
actually i could stop right here did you see what he said that's a great thing, why is he still in office where is the noise???
But the impact of this “tax cut” could be dire in Louisiana. Because Jindal has refused to set up a state health care exchange or expand Medicaid, as many as 250,000 Louisianans could lose their coverage.
The damage could be exacerbated if the state legislature approves the budget Jindal released last week. Faced with a $1.6 billion budget shortfall and unwilling to raise any taxes, the Governor’s new proposal would further slash spending from an already struggling state health care system. Louisiana’s hospitals say they need a $142 million increase in funding to be able to serve the population — especially the poor and uninsured who turn to emergency rooms for primary health care. Instead, Jindal’s budget cuts funding for the Department of Health and Hospitals by nearly $15 million.
Soon, these cuts will have a real impact. In less than a month, the emergency room at Baton Rouge General Hospital — which saw more than 45,000 patients last year — will close its doors. Urgent care clinics in the area are currently scrambling to expand in time to take on those additional patients. And if the legislature can’t find about $10 million in funding, a network of health clinics that serves about 60,000 New Orleans-area residents will also shut down.
“Some folks think just the uninsured will be impacted, but folks all over the city will be impacted by longer wait times in the ER,” Rep. Ted James (D-Baton Rouge) told ThinkProgress, noting that the city lost another major charity hospital in 2013. “We’ve seen frustrated doctors and nurses and people suffering because of lack of services in the North Baton Rouge area. The clinics that will try to take on the new patients, some of them only have nurses and physicians assistants, and our folks deserve to see doctors when they have an emergency.”i'm becoming more and more convinced that the stupid of the party of stupid are it's base voters why are they allowing this to happen to them republicans have been nothing but Obama objectors Bush let New Orleans sink don't even mention Brownie. there should be federal law that when a gov. is this hands off and derelict in their duties they should be taken to fed court and explain their malfeasance.
and to add insult to injury they are talking about a run for 2016 president if he muffs up his state this irresponsibly what do they think he'll do to all 50 of them recognize
