Gov. Jindal Asked to Rethink Medicaid Expansion | Washingtonexaminer.Com

11/13/12 Gov. Jindal asked to rethink Medicaid expansion | WashingtonExaminer.com Politics Gov. Jindal asked to rethink Medicaid expansion November 8, 2012 0 Comments BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal is being urged by Louisiana Democratic leaders and AP Staff advocacy groups to reconsider his opposition to expanding the state's Medicaid coverage, now that the presidential Writer campaign is over. The Associated Press President Barack Obama's re-election is expected to stall efforts to repeal the national health care overhaul, which Popular in Politics includes the Medicaid expansion. York: In Ohio, the GOP The head of the Louisiana Democratic Party, state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, said families, businesses and 1 puzzles over missing white voters health care providers can benefit from the law's provisions. Carney: Re-elected, "Our people need access to that care," Peterson said in a statement. "The Louisiana health care provider 2 Obama takes aim at religious liberty community — from private practices to community hospitals to our public hospital system — needs access to the resources that this law provides and that other states will receive the benefit of, regardless of whatever political Paul Ryan: It would gains Gov. Jindal believes his obstruction gains him." 3 be great for President Obama to offer some ideas Jindal hadn't responded Thursday to multiple requests for comment about whether he'd change his stance. How much deficit 4 reduction would Jan Moller, leader of the Louisiana Budget Project, which advocates for low- and moderate-income families, also is Obama’s tax on the pushing Jindal to take another look at the possibility of expanding the government-run health insurance program to rich accomplish? give more people access to care. 5 General John Allen caught sending up to "Our governor and legislators should put politics aside and move forward quickly to take advantage of this historic 30,000 ‘inappropriate e-mails’ to Jill Kelley opportunity," Moller said in a post-election statement. The Medicaid expansion would cover adults up to 133 percent of the poverty level — $14,856 for an individual or $30,656 for a family of four, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. Estimates are that as many as 400,000 Louisiana residents would be eligible to get insurance under the expansion. Jindal has said he won't allow Louisiana to participate in the expansion, though the federal government will cover the full costs from 2014 through 2016 and pick up most of the price tag after that. The governor described the program as too expensive, citing estimates the Medicaid expansion would cost Louisiana $3.7 billion over 10 years. He's also philosophically opposed to the growth of the federal government health care program, saying that insurance is better handled by private companies. Considered a possible 2016 presidential contender, Jindal campaigned for Republican Mitt Romney's failed presidential bid and supported the repeal of the health care law. But with Obama's win and Democrats' retention of U.S. Senate control, repeal is considered a dead idea. "Failing to expand Medicaid would leave 400,000 Louisianans out in the cold. And it would squander an opportunity to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into our state economy," Moller said. Moller and Peterson both referred to cuts that Jindal has made to the university-run public hospital system that cares for the poor and uninsured, saying that the Medicaid expansion is even more necessary because Louisiana's safety net health care system is offering fewer services. Jindal didn't respond to an interview request, and his office didn't answer questions about the Medicaid expansion. The governor's health secretary, Bruce Greenstein, also didn't respond to questions about the issue. In a statement about Obama's victory, however, Jindal did suggest that the president's re-election wouldn't alter washingtonexaminer.com/gov.-jindal-asked-to-rethink-medicaid-expansion/article/feed/2046511?custo… 1/2 11/13/12 Gov. Jindal asked to rethink Medicaid expansion | WashingtonExaminer.com decisions for his home state. 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