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"After the merger, she said Ballad wouldn't provide her old treatment anymore, and she is forced to opt for a different medicine - a bill that comes to more than $13,000 every time she has to get treated." wjhl.com/local/communit… 
.@USofCare just added Ballad's CEO, Alan Levine, to its Founder Council. Levine previously worked for Bobby Jindal and Jeb Bush. unitedstatesofcare.org/press-releases…
The last time I called home, my mother said she and my father were thinking about moving away from the region because they're so terrified of what the Ballad merger will mean for their health care access.
"As health secretary, Levine has overseen a reduction of the agency's budget and workforce while working to introduce managed-care principles to the state's Medicaid program and outsourcing mental-health services to the private sector." nola.com/politics/2010/…
More recently, Levine was advising Ron DeSantis's transition team on health care orlandosentinel.com/health/os-ne-d…
"United States of Care is a nonpartisan organization committed to ensuring every single American has access to quality, affordable health care." Sure thing.
