On the recordJuly 24, 2012
I'll say, just out of pride of authorship, there's another alternative, a Republican Medicaid proposal, one that I and others are sponsoring, and it does, if you will, similar to the block grant, it readjusts as your population changes. I'm from Louisiana. When Hurricane Katrina hit, we had lots of folks who moved to Atlanta and moved to Houston. If you will, the dollar would follow the patient. It wouldn't just stay in Louisiana. I love my State, and it would be nice to have the extra money. But it is more important that, where the patient is, have the money. It's a variation on the theme. But also part of it is that the State has flexibility, freeing them from the money-consuming regulations that the Federal Government puts on how those monies are applied.
