Great step for Louisiana, now they need to slash Medicare.
Medicare is a federal program only unlike Medicaid which is a joint state and federal program.
Louisiania can’t do anything about Medicare.
Continuing moonshot925’s thought in #5, recipients of Medicaid pay little, if anything, for the care they receive. Medicare recipients, on the other hand, paid all their working life for their benefits.
True, Medicare is supplemented by the government. But Medicaid is a straight handout. Medicare is a hand up. BIG difference IMHO.
Would love for something to happen to the costs related to Medicare. My 85 yo dad was put on a nebulizer. Since he had had one a few years ago for a few months, Medicare denied it, so the local drug store made us a “deal” We paid $15/mo about half what they were going to charge Medicare. After three payments, I just happened to be looking for am inverter for traveling for it. Saw on three separate sites the exact same nebulizer for between $30 and $50. This is a NEW nebulizer too. We paid $50 and Medicare pays about $300 (not counting the meds of course) BUT we all know there is nothing to be done about it. No one cares up there because it’s not their money.