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I heard Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.) explaining to Greta Van Susteren why the “Louisiana Purchase” component of the Senate health care bill was not some special deal for Louisiana and not a payoff for her yes vote on the Senate bill.  The gist of her point was that as a result of all the dollars (mostly from the taxpayers) which flowed in to Louisiana after Katrina, the Federal gov’t incorrectly attributed 40% additional income to Louisiana residents which resulted in higher required Medicaid contribution rates from folks in Louisiana.  In effect, the Federal govt’s screwed up this issue and the special provision fixes it.

So Senator Landrieu is OK with the concept of including a provision which fixes a government screw-up in a bill which gives the government much greater power and control over one of the most important aspects of every American citizens’ life – health care.  Is there something wrong with this kind of thinking?

If the federal gov’t is not capable of correctly figuring our the income of the citizens across a single state, how would we expect it to properly administer the delivery of health care to all the citizens across the country?   I don’t get it, but perhaps Senator Landrieu can explain it to you.