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So What Exactly Is Bruce Greenstein’s Beef With The LBP Medicaid Report?
Last week, the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) put out a paper touting Medicaid as a job-creating engine that works to benefit the state economy while providing critical care for lower-income people. Since the implementation of Obamacare will bring more federal... (Continue reading)
The Bayou Health Road To Social Engineering
Louisiana’s plan to keep from going bankrupt ahead of Obamacare adding an estimated 353,000 people to state Medicaid rolls —the Coordinated Care Network (CCN) you might have heard about–is being rolled out. The program is called Bayou Health. In the... (Continue reading)
Kennedy: Save Money By Improving Charity Hospitals
A column by Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy, who is now the state’s most popular officeholder with 61 percent approval… Louisiana has 10 state-owned, taxpayer-funded public hospitals, spread across 64 parishes and 45,000 square miles, to deliver health care to our... (Continue reading)
Pledge to Repeal ObamaCare Gains Momentum in Battleground States
Written on 2 Nov, 2010 at 1:04 By: Fergus Hodgson in Health Care
Three members of Louisiana’s Congressional delegation have signed on Two advocacy groups, American Majority Action and Independent Women’s Voice, have ramped up efforts to “make ObamaCare an issue in this election campaign.” With headquarters in four battle ground states, the... (Continue reading)
Kennedy Offers Plan To Kill Budget Deficit, Says Won’t Hurt Health Care or Higher Ed
From a release by Louisiana state treasurer John Kennedy today comes a 16-point plan to save some $2.6 billion per year in state expenditures without, Kennedy says, impacting service delivery in higher education or health care. Kennedy, in fact, doesn’t... (Continue reading)
2010 Elections, 7/2 edition
Written on 1 Jul, 2010 at 20:31 By: JMC Enterprises of Louisiana in 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Harry Reid, Health Care, Legislature, Obamacare, Polls, The GOP
Primary and Filing Status We are now in an “eye of the storm”, so to speak, of the 2010 election cycle. As this article is being written, 26 states have held their primaries, and Congressional filing just concluded in... (Continue reading)
Louisiana Legislature Passes Measure Opposing ObamaCare Insurance Mandate
Original bill weakened by amendment, but state is first with Democrat-controlled legislature to pass Health Care Freedom Act By Fergus Hodgson Pelican Institute for Public Policy On Sunday the Louisiana House concurred with the Senate to pass HB 1474, which... (Continue reading)
BREAKING: Louisiana Healthcare Freedom Act Passes Senate, 28-4
HB 1474, the Louisiana Healthcare Freedom Act, which would make it illegal to force an individual to purchase health insurance, passed the Senate today by a 28-4 vote. The bill will now go to Gov. Jindal for his signature. Jindal... (Continue reading)
HB 1474 Resuscitated; Healthcare Freedom Bill Returns To Senate Floor For Vote
With the help of an energized citizenry, we were one step closer to stopping Obamacare in Louisiana after a vote of 5-4 in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee sent HB 1474 to the full Senate on Wednesday of last week.... (Continue reading)
Ideological Differences Surfacing Between Louisiana House, Senate
Written on 14 Jun, 2010 at 9:28 By: macaoidh in Buddy Caldwell, Business, Health Care, Legal system, Legislature, Louisiana
A couple of bills which moved through one house of the Louisiana legislature last week only to smack into a brick wall upon reaching the other show a phenomenon little recognized until recently in the 2010 session. Namely, there are,... (Continue reading)