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In April 2018, Representative Crews endorsed the state House-passed budget which critics claim will gut state hospitals and higher education and faces likely defeat in the state Senate. Crews said that Governor John Bel Edwards has exaggerated the state's fiscal condition in a bid to convince lawmakers to raise taxes once more. Crews noted that under the House budget hospitals will have $4 billion more than they had a few years ago. He said the principal medical problem comes from the expansion of [[Medicaid]], which does not reimburse physicians commensurate with their services rendered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/rep-raymond-crews-problems-not-nearly-as-severe-as-the-governor-is-letting-on-video/|title=Rep. Raymond Crews problems not nearly as severe as the governor is letting on|publisher=KEEL Radio||date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>  

In April 2018, Representative Crews endorsed the state House-passed budget which critics claim will gut state hospitals and higher education and faces likely defeat in the state Senate. Crews said that Governor John Bel Edwards has exaggerated the state's fiscal condition in a bid to convince lawmakers to raise taxes once more. Crews noted that under the House budget hospitals will have $4 billion more than they had a few years ago. He said the principal medical problem comes from the expansion of [[Medicaid]], which does not reimburse physicians commensurate with their services rendered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/rep-raymond-crews-problems-not-nearly-as-severe-as-the-governor-is-letting-on-video/|title=Rep. Raymond Crews problems not nearly as severe as the governor is letting on|publisher=KEEL Radio||date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>  

On April 26, 2018, Crews' mother, Ute Ingrid Neumann Crews, a native of East Prussia, was killed at the age of seventy-six in an automobile accident near Lexington in Henderson County, [[Tennessee]], while en route to her home in [[West Virginia]]. Crews' father, James, the driver, escaped injuries. James Crews, an Air Force lieutenant  originally from Colmesneil in Tyler County in southeastern [[Texas]], met his wife at Bitburg Air Base in [[Germany]]. The couple had lived also in [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], and Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/mother-of-rep-raymond-crews-dies-in-tragic-accident/1146750542|title=Mother of Rep. Raymond Crews dies in traffic accident|publisher=Arklatexhomepage.com|date=April 27, 2018|accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref>

On April 26, 2018, Crews' mother, Ute Ingrid Neumann Crews, a native of East [[Prussia]], was killed at the age of seventy-six in an automobile accident near Lexington in Henderson County, [[Tennessee]], while en route to her home in [[West Virginia]]. Crews' father, James, the driver, escaped injuries. James Crews, an Air Force lieutenant  originally from Colmesneil in Tyler County in southeastern [[Texas]], met his wife at Bitburg Air Base in [[Germany]]. The couple had lived also in [[Oklahoma]], [[Illinois]], and Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/mother-of-rep-raymond-crews-dies-in-tragic-accident/1146750542|title=Mother of Rep. Raymond Crews dies in traffic accident|publisher=Arklatexhomepage.com|date=April 27, 2018|accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref>

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