Republican Charles Boustany Endorses Medicaid Expansion for Louisiana
“It could put Louisiana in a very bad place,” Boustany is quoted as saying. “To sit back and do nothing is
A powerful Republican congressman from Louisiana wants his state to take up the Medicaid expansion made optional by Obamacare and build an insurance exchange to implement the law, breaking with his GOP governor and conservatives on an explosive issue.
Rep. Charles Boustany, the chairman of the Ways and Means subcommittee on oversight, told constituents last week that if he had his way, Louisiana would accept the offer under the Affordable Care Act and reform Medicaid into a “21st century program,” according to the The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette.
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