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Gov. Edwards Urges Louisiana Senators to Reject GOP Health Bill

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Congress returns to work today,  after the July 4th break and the number one topic  is the  U.S. Senate health care bill,  a large focus of the  GOP-driven version of the bill was aimed at reducing spending on Medicaid,  the health insurance program for the poor paid for with state and federal dollars.  If passed,  the bill would roll back federal funds for Medicaid expansion and eventually put caps on how much each state will receive for the traditional  Medicaid program  based on  a  per-capita formula.  Louisiana would be one of the hardest-hit states to be affected by cuts to Medicaid, largely because Louisiana is one of the poorest and unhealthiest states in the nation.  Governor John Bel Edwards said in a recent conference call shared with Public Radio's WRKF in Baton Rouge,  that he has been in contact with Louisiana's Republican U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy,  urging them to reject the bill. 

John Bel Edwards (D) Governor of Louisiana
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John Bel Edwards (D) Governor of Louisiana

Congress returns to work today, after the July 4th break and the number one topic is the U.S. Senate health care bill, a large focus of the GOP-driven version of the bill was aimed at reducing spending on Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor paid for with state and federal dollars.

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Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' experience to Red River Radio having started out as a radio news reporter and moving into television journalism as a newsmagazine producer / host, talk-show moderator, programming director and managing producer and news director / anchor for commercial, public broadcasting and educational television. He has more recently worked in advertising, marketing and public relations as a writer, video producer and media consultant. In pursuit of higher learning, Chuck studied Mass Communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.