In a conference call with reporters, Republican U-S Senator John Kennedy says it’s time for Governor Edwards to fire Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Rebekah Gee. Kennedy is frustrated that L-D-H has discovered 37-thousand Medicaid recipients are no longer eligible for the taxpayer funded health care, because they make too much money. The health department credits a new computer system for finding the ineligible Medicaid recipients, but Kennedy doesn’t buy it…
cut 16 (12)”…ten times faster”
Gee says the majority of those found ineligible made just above the elibility line and would still be considered working poor…
cut 14 (08) “…any money”
Kennedy would like to see the legislative auditor do a thorough audit of the Medicaid program.

The Edwards administration says Louisiana set another record high for total Gross Domestic Product in the third quarter of 2018. The state’s GDP rose to 252 billion in the third quarter, up 2.3 billion from the second. Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says it continues the success story for the state’s economy.
Cut 10 (11) “…record number.”
Pierson says the numbers are even more impressive when you consider the negative impact a series of trade wars have had on Louisiana’s agricultural and export/import based economy.