Jindal selects health-care cheif, sets the bar low.
Jindal has selected Alan Levine, former health care advisor to Jeb Bush, to head up the Louisiana Department of Health. And apparently he has set the bar very low.
Jindal said he expects the new administration to exceed the performance of previous regimes, including his own.
It is not to hard to exceed Jindal’s performance. During his tenure Louisiana’s health ranking dropped from 48th to 50th.
Levine said his priorities will include increasing transparency to give consumers more information about health care costs and quality, cracking down on fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program, and strengthening children’s health care programs.
But wait! I thought Jindal eliminated the fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program. I guess he didn’t do as well as his campaign wanted us to believe.
Unfortunately, I don’t see any plans for increasing local clinics in rural areas. I guess that would undercut Bobby Jindal’s campaign contributors.
Cross posted at jindalisbad.com.
Update #1: It seems that during the Levine’s tenure at Florida’s analog of Louisiana’s Dept. of Health that people may have lost access to health care as well. Levine claims to not have known about the cuts, but as head of the department he is ultimately responsible for what happens. No wonder why Jindal likes this guy.