luziana ass-holery

i should start keeping a list of the unbelievably ass-holish things that republicans do to save a few fukn dollars --- maybe private donors will fill in the gap and maybe they won't, but what a shameful way to treat the poor and the elderly ---

If you're poor, terminally ill, and live in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal has decided . . . most Medicaid patients will no longer receive hospice care as of Feb. 1 in that state. . . . The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals say the elimination of hospice care for medicaid patients will mean nearly $3.3 million in savings this year alone. In 2014, it'll mean $8.3 million in savings.

meanwhile he is refusing the medicaid expansion that is part of obamacare, making this all the more despicable