Taxpayer-Funded Exorcisms? The Medicaid Debate Just Got Wild

California’s federally funded Medicaid program pays for exorcisms, herbal medicines, meal deliveries, and housing, among other services that don’t appear to be medically essential, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) pointed out this week. Kennedy brought up California’s strange Medicaid payments during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday as he questioned Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. ...