EDITORIAL: Renew contracts for managed care
Oddly enough, now that there is a Democratic governor wanting to continue managed care in Medicaid, it is
Back then, the
What's up with all this?
The
Gov.
Appropriations Chairman
"If we can save a dollar anywhere, I don't see the harm in waiting to try to get there," said Henry, a
We agree that these contracts need work, through an orderly but inevitably long process of requesting new proposals for services. The Legislative Auditor's Office has questioned some billing practices by providers of mental health services under Medicaid, for example. That can be addressed. But not by brinksmanship over the management contracts.
This is a Jindal idea that may have been rushed at the start but could be of great long-term value. Balking at this process shows a tenuous grasp of budgetary and administrative reality among those voting against the administration.
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