The Everything going against the 'health-poor' in La. governance

Louisiana Department of Health cuts to hit disabled children and disabled seniors hard

The Louisiana Governor, the Legislature's so-called 'super-majority' and the bureaucracy under their directives, "going against everything" involving the poor, the indigent & the chronically ill to manage an expected budget shortfall. 

The budget shortfall, is currently being handled with securing cuts to LDH's care to the infirm, young and old at this present moment. In fact, families and patients in nursing homes are being assessed, distressingly; for possible return to the community. In fact, an individual has been pushed out of a rehab-facility in one east-central Louisiana parish incapacitated and unable to walk after stroke.

It is called 'dumping'. 

However, funding for issues legislators and the governor consider necessary are funded, such as National Guard troops at Texas-Mexico border.  Tuition with public money for private schools. 

Louisiana citizens of every status, the young and the old, babies, children, senior rehabilitation patients receiving services from LDH

with disabilities at risk for cuts under Landry budget plan . 

Services for people with disabilities could be eliminated under Landry budget plan

Projected state deficit makes health care programs for seniors, children vulnerable

"Louisiana Health Secretary Michael Harrington laid out services he might be forced to cut if the governor and lawmakers reduce the state health care budget by $105.1 million to deal with a financial gap in the next fiscal year. He’s been told to expect a large cut as the state tries to figure out how it will cope with automatic tax reductions scheduled for mid-2025. 

Harrington said that $105.1 million cut to state health care services would balloon to an overall loss of $332.4 million with resulting federal funding reductions. The state would no longer be able to put up the money needed to draw down more dollars from the federal government for health care services." (Louisiana Illuminator)

"In a recent conversation, with a nursing home facilitated Louisiana Department of Health 'so-called' re-assessment from a health professional with LDH ; both resident and family-member were flaberghasted, shocked and taken-aback," by the rude awakening to circumstances.

The governance of Louisiana's citizens who suffer the most are in dire circumstances. Under the guise of law and order in one instance, self-sufficiency in another and voter protection in other stances, the people of Louisiana are misrepresented. 

If someone doesn't speak up succinctly now the whole of our 'creole-infused' culture will suffer soon, as well as later. The realization of the new times we're living in, so evident in our young school age children, growing up together as one people and not the divisive ways currently moving through the society in the United States.

There is a way, that seems right to man. You cannot think for a moment, just because from the third in line to the presidency, the U. S. House majority leader, the governor's mansion, the state senate and house leader, A.G., La. Sec of State and so forth; you can lead and be led to believe misuse of holy writ will not be requited, by whom it emanates. 

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ps(The far-right take on critical race theory, as Landry writes in his executive order, is to “instruct students to view the world through the lens of race and presume some students are consciously or unconsciously racist, sexist, or oppressive and that some students are victims.”) 

(3) Three Years ON: STILL Louisiana Style injustice's fulfillment

The public betrayal in govermental slaughter

The Why We Can't Wait | La govermental super majority ramrods 

 Currently, the Louisiana Legislature is in Regular Session until June 3, 2024. As part of the current governor's agenda and legislative bills filed, a Constitutional Convention (Bill 800) is offered to begin May 20, 2024 to complete its work by July 15, 2024.

The current legislative day in the House of Representatives at this very hour is discussing use of pronouns in public schools via HB121.

The speed of delivery in these now three current legislative sessions is fully dependent on the super-majority republican control of the State of Louisiana. 

We the people are governed by elected officials, in office by less than 36% of the voting population.  And, some say that all of this is the voters fault, specifically Democrat voters. 

In fact though, a certain many democrats were demoralized apathetically after the continuing unresolved saga of Ronald Greene. Furthermore, even a visit from the U. S. Department of Justice to Northeast Louisiana at ULM in Monroe; where LSP F Troop is based, didn't resolve the incident's occurrence. 

However, in the Governor's crime session, police and law enforcement was given immunity from civil liability, in performance of their duties. 

In addition, eighteen year old persons were given the right to "permit-less conceal-carry" in Louisiana in this crime session. (Incidently, two young men murdered each other in a gun-fight in South Monroe.)

 Peculiarly, not one bill in the crime session addressed "excessive force" causing death by the Louisiana State Police or any other law official. The February crime session did re-institute the death penalty by any means available; electrocution, gas or intravenous drug administration. 

In the redistricting session in January, the GOP super-majority governor approved map is challenged by a Northeast Louisiana group, filed in the Western District of Louisiana in which a ruling is expected in the coming days or weeks. It should be noted, that witnesses testified in court, the governor wanted the current congressman of the sixth district gone. 

In addition to all else, the governor is seeking to obtain control of the appointing of the majority of state's boards and commissions; including higher education boards, ethics board and already the Indigent Defender Board, through legislation. 

 

 Senate Bill 497 – State ethics board appointments
"This bill from Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, would allow the governor, the Louisiana House and the state Senate to pick whoever they want to serve on the 11-member state ethics board. Under current law, they have to select members from lists of nominees the presidents of Louisiana’s private universities and colleges compile.

 Governor would gain more control over state government if these five bills pass (Louisiana Illuminator)

The governor appoints seven ethics board members, and the House and Senate elect two each. 

Whether the governor has control over the ethics board is pertinent, because it has accused Landry of violating state ethics laws twice.

Last fall, the board voted to penalize Landry for not disclosing that he used a campaign donor’s private plane to go to a work conference in Hawaii as Louisiana’s attorney general. The case remains unresolved as Landry and the ethics board continue to discuss what fines he might pay.
In 2022, the ethics board concluded Landry violated the law by using campaign funds to reimburse himself for a Chevy Suburban he bought, according to The Advocate. Candidates are not supposed to use their campaign money to purchase immovable property or vehicles. In that case, the ethics board chose not to fine Landry and initially kept the matter confidential."

Louisiana’s governor would gain more control over state government under these six bills

That is the bottom line: CONTROL

 

 

 

 

It should be evident, where all this is headed.