Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, who is just one of three pediatric heart doctors with his specialty in Louisiana, said he feels like the state has targeted families like his.
America is such a strange place—I know a lot of conservatives will probably cheer in response to this doctor leaving the state. The resulting huge void in the ladder of pediatric care and the poor health outcomes for children are just collateral damages in the struggle for republicans to be able to openly hate and discriminate against the queer community again. It’s ironic (or maybe just hypocritical?) that the republicans have pivoted all their messaging to “we have to protect the children,” while directly creating situations like this that hurt children.
They’d rather shoot themselves and their children in the foot than just leave others with different lifestyles alone.
Don’t even know the foot in there in some cases
See also: places with no OB/GYNs because Republicans have made it literally impossible for them to do their jobs legally.
This will inevitably create even higher healthcare costs. More and more procedures and specialists require someone to fly to a blue city or state.
Dr. Jake Kleinmahon works at Ochsner Hospital for Children in New Orleans as the medical director of the hospital’s pediatric heart transplant, heart failure and ventricular assist device programs. He is just one of three doctors in the state with that specialization, he told WDSU, an NBC affiliate in New Orleans.
Kleinmahon, who is gay, told WDSU that he and his husband had planned to retire in New Orleans, but he now feels like the anti-LGBTQ legislation passed by the Legislature has made the state a hostile place for families like his.
For anyone wanting more context, OPs article re-reports and links to https://www.wdsu.com/article/louisiana-heart-doctor-says-he-is-leaving-state-due-to-discriminatory-anti-lgbtq-law/44706683# , which has more quotes from the doctor.
All the best run states, with the highest education, best health, lowest crime, highest wages and strongest economies, are progressive. Inclusivity and taking care of the disadvantaged isn’t just a moral good. It makes us all better off when we give everyone a fair chance. This doctor is one example.
New Orleans used to be the 3rd largest city in the US and the 4th busiest port in the world. There’s no reason that Louisiana couldn’t have been as rich and prosperous as California or New York. But years of conservative policies make you poor.
I would like to thank the Southern United States of continuing the rich tradition of sending talent to the North East.
It’s really damn sad that we’re at this place. It’s sad for everyone involved. His patients lose a great provider, and his family has to leave the place they know and love. I know it’s nothing new, but it pains me to see LGBT people be driven out of the places they want to live.
We are everywhere. We always have been, and we always will be, no matter what the homo- and transphobes think. The enemy wants us to push us around at their whims, but they don’t want to acknowledge that we deserve happiness and safety wherever we are.
Brain drain. He won’t be the only one
Good. Conservatives do not deserve nice things like healthcare. Let them suffer and die as they insist.
If it were only the ones creating the problems that were getting hurt I’d agree with you
Dr. Jake Kleinmahon, who is just one of three pediatric heart doctors with his specialty in Louisiana
I’m SURE so many doctors with his expertise will literally FLOCK to Louisiana… not
Last month the Republican-dominated Legislature overturned his veto of a bill that will ban transition-related medical care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery, **for minors starting Jan. 1, 2024. **
I don’t know if gender transitioning surgeries for minors is a reason to dislike a state. Seems to say more about this guys morals that he’s pro-life altering surgery for minors.
