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BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's Department of Health will begin sending nursing home eviction notices Thursday to more than 30,000 residents who could lose Medicaid under the budget passed by the state House of Representatives.
www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/05/07/nursing-home-eviction-notices-sent-week/585516002/

(I don't know if this'd be considered politics, but hope it's ok to post it because it's kinda important)
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This is a humanitarian thing... surely we can have some concern for those elderly folks and where they're supposed to live. Despite the politics, if it goes ahead this will be enormously stressful for patients and their families..
 
Lara said:
I care. But the same source as posted in the OP has sent out a retraction and update. https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/n...-home-eviction-notices-start-panic/593627002/

What it says, basically, is that the announcement of sending eviction notices was premature and a political maneuver of the other party to get the Legislature to raise taxes. Sad that politics must play with the lives and emotions of the helpless.
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This thread by necessity is political.
I will just say that a Caring Socially responsible civilization is not achieved on a dime.
 
Lara said:
I care. But the same source as posted in the OP has sent out a retraction and update. https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/n...-home-eviction-notices-start-panic/593627002/

What it says, basically, is that the announcement of sending eviction notices was premature and a political maneuver of the other party to get the Legislature to raise taxes. Sad that politics must play with the lives and emotions of the helpless.
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Lara, can you give a link to the Retraction Notice rather than just a summarization.
 
Helen, I posted a link and I didn't say "Notice". I was making an observation regarding the update changes from the OP link from the same News site.
 
In my father's day, there were "poor houses" for the elderly with no place to go an no family to help. Perhaps we're regressing?
 
chic said:
In my father's day, there were "poor houses" for the elderly with no place to go an no family to help. Perhaps we're regressing?
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How true, Most counties in NY will have a "County House Rd". A large house/dormitory and barns. Most are torn down now, some have been repurposed. Almost all have a "Potters Field" on the property.
 
I think the issue in Louisiana is lack of funds. They've just run out of money but I wonder why can't they get emergency federal assistance? It seems critical enough to qualify.
 
Lara said:
I think the issue in Louisiana is lack of funds. They've just run out of money but I wonder why can't they get emergency federal assistance? It seems critical enough to qualify.
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The issue in Louisiana is their taxes are too low. They have chosen a shoestring government with a miniscule level of services. They chose not to include the state in the Medicaid expansion
Louisiana ranks at the very bottom of most metrics used to rank states. They do not have a funding problem they have a DESIRE to fund problem. Why should the other 49 states just give them money? After all as I am sure most of the Old Fat Whitemen in the Louisiana Statehouse will agree just giving a poor state money encourages sloth and will dissuade them from making the effort to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.

If you don't want granny to die in some alligator infested bayou, move to a blue state where the taxes are high, but the citizens are cared for!
 
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