Off topic, maybe, but further evidence of the deconstruction of civilization we’re undergoing:

LSU announces cuts to hospital system; Lake Charles and Independence centers hit hardest

The Louisiana public hospital system will plug a $329 million shortfall through a combination of cuts to services for thousands of patients at some medical centers and a series of financial maneuvers aimed at funneling money into the system as a stop-gap.

While most of the proposal relies on shifting money that was being used for other purposes, such as physician recruitment, into funding direct medical care, none of the 10 hospitals in the Louisiana State University system will be spared from cuts. Those reductions amount to about $50 million and fall heaviest on the Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center in Independence and the Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles.

Overall, LSU hospitals expect a reduction of about 79,000 outpatient visits and provide about 12,400 fewer days of in-hospital care. Many of those patients, particularly those who use the public hospitals for outpatient treatment, will be left without health care services, said Dr. Fred Cerise, the head of the hospital system.

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Lalliie Kemp will see cuts of about $14 million, including reductions in cancer services, the loss of two physician positions, reductions to women’s health services and staff reductions. William O. Moss will be cut by about $10.5 million, including reductions in clinical operations, the elimination of all but ten inpatient beds and reductions in staff.

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Bobby Jindal - fighting to keep taxes low, and services even lower.

VP candidate?