2020-06-11 16:07:06, MacAoidh, The Hayride
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/Law & Government/Government
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If the state's tax collections don't rebound from the deep dive caused by the coronavirus, lawmakers would be left considering steep cuts or tax hikes.
Rep.
Lance Harris, an Alexandria Republican, defended the use of the federal dollars ahead of the House's 100-0 vote for the budget.
"Any sensible person would not send that money back to Washington.
The new payment model, which still needs federal approval, is estimated to draw down an extra $745 million to $1 billion annually in federal cash for the state's hospitals.
Rep.
Most of state government is getting an increase.
And the Legislature is going to allow John Bel Edwards to expand Medicaid by a billion dollars a year, when the waste associated with that expenditure has proven to be off the charts.
Meanwhile, Baton Rouge General Hospital just announced they're re-opening their emergency room at their mid-city campus which had been closed for five years since that ER was not profitable; now it is?
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