The Louisiana Senate Finance Committee approved all of the major state spending bills Wednesday, getting lawmakers one step closer to completing the constitutionally required work they didn’t finish during the pandemic-shortened regular session.

The biggest point of contention was a recently proposed new Medicaid payment model for hospitals that health department officials say would allow the dollars to follow the patients. The model would lead to some hospitals getting less money from the state.

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