Sorry, Republicans and some Democrats, the so called Louisiana purchase does not even mention the

[RB TexLa]

word Louisiana. If it did, we all know Americans would never allow it.


SEC. 2006. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT TO FMAP DETERMINATION FOR CERTAIN STATES RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR DISASTER.

Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3) and
2001(b)(2), is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘subsection (y)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (y) and (aa)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘‘(aa)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning January 1, 2011, the Federal medical assistance percentage for a fiscal year for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State shall be equal to the following:
‘(A) In the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), increased by 50 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5.

‘‘(B) In the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection for the State, increased by 25 percent of the number of percentage points by which the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection.

‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State’ means a State that is one of
the 50 States or the District of Columbia, for which, at any time during the preceding 7 fiscal years, the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and determined as a result of such disaster that every county or parish in the State warrant individual and public assistance or public assistance from the Federal Government under such Act and for which— ‘‘(A) in the case of the first fiscal year (or part of a fiscal year) for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year after the application of only subsection (a) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5 (if applicable to the preceding fiscal year) and without regard to this subsection, subsection (y), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5001 of Public Law 111–5, by at least 3 percentage points; and ‘‘(B) in the case of the second or any succeeding fiscal year for which this subsection applies to the State, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the fiscal year without regard to this subsection and subsection (y), is less than the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for the State for the preceding fiscal year under this subsection by at least 3 percentage points.

‘‘(3) The Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a disaster-recovery FMAP adjustment State under paragraph (1) shall apply for purposes of this title (other than with respect to disproportionate share hospital payments described in section 1923 and payments under this title that are based on the enhanced FMAP described in 2105(b)) and shall not apply with respect to payments under title IV (other than under part E of title IV) or payments under title XXI.’’.

[spanone]

1. it's called hyperbole....or better yet...lying

[dkf]

2. Oh for gods sakes.

We know this was put in just for them. It's like when Orrin hatch wanted an exemption for states that start with the letter u.

[RB TexLa]

3. Still didn't find 'Louisiana' in there did you? Not that that could matter.

Of course the fact that any state recovering from a disaster can meet the qualifications. That doesn't matter either?

[dkf]

4. Yeah and any state that renames itself something that starts with the letter u could

Qualify for the hatch exemption too

It was a deal with Mary Landrieu. What's the big deal? It was slimy backroom sausage cooking. Apparently that is how this government works.

[RB TexLa]

5. I don't have any problem with Mary and Jindal doing what they did

Since we can't tax oil and gas from federal land the same way 49 other states can, it's what we have to do. But the bill does nothing specifically for Louisiana, to say it does is a lie.

[dkf]

6. That Is like saying lehman didn't break the laws disguising its debt as an asset sale.

Being that specific when you understand what the true intent is invites shenanigan type thinking. Don't you get it?

[RB TexLa]

7. You consider Louisiana getting something to be some kind of 'shenanigan'

I don't. And like the act says any state that meets the criteria qualifies. So keep defending the Republican's lie.

[dkf]

8. I'm defending truth.

They are calling it the Louisiana purchase because it bought Landrieu's vote. That is what you have to deny instead of trying to find the word Louisiana in the bill.