Health & Medicaid
Commentary: New Waivers Undermine Obamare’s Justification
"By exempting consumers from the very regulations that it imposed, the Obama Administration is [...]
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Commentary: Coordinated Care Networks for Lower Medicaid Costs
Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals has advanced a new Medicaid reform package built around [...]
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Commentary: Medicaid Block Grants for Administrative Flexibility
Louisiana lawmakers should pursue Medicaid block grants to help create an active marketplace and lower costs.
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Commentary: Obama’s Pre-Existing Conditions Plan Looking Like An Early Failure
"Rather than allow the states to continue to administer their own insurance policies, the federal [...]
Read moreFederal Resources Should be Used in Place of State Agencies to Enforce ObamaCare, ALEC analyst says
As the legal challenges to ObamaCare continue to make their way around the country, Louisiana officials [...]
Read moreEvidence Mounts: Physicians Leaving Private Practice for Hospitals
Louisiana’s medical society reports doubling of hospital employment in four years, and as the profession [...]
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Commentary: Louisiana Can Sidestep and Delay ObamaCare Regulatory Requirements
State Lawmakers can resist grants with “Federal Strings” and suspend rule-making. Earlier, bipartisan [...]
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Commentary: Sen. Vitter Will Reintroduce Bill to Repeal ObamaCare Jan. 25
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has announced that he will reintroduce his bill to cancel out ObamaCare when [...]
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Pelican’s Health Care Speaker’s Op-Ed in Shreveport Times
As the U.S. House of Representatives approaches a repeal vote on ObamaCare, Michael Tanner used an op-ed [...]
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