Policy Reports
Reforming Medicaid in Louisiana
Medicaid enrollment in Louisiana has exceeded initial projections — As of November, 2017, [...]
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Candidate Questionnaire 2023
Does your candidate support jobs and opportunities in Louisiana? Election Day 2023 is fast [...]
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The Legislature Shouldn’t be Used for Protectionism
Like it or not, prescription drugs – and, importantly, the cost of them – play an ever-increasing [...]
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The prescription drug cost hike that nearly happened
Originally Appeared in the Center Square Costs for medical care are already too high, but in the [...]
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Health Care Costs in Louisiana are Already too High
If there is one industry that suffers from overregulation, it’s the health care industry. Anyone [...]
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What Louisiana’s Government Should and Shouldn’t Do During COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Louisiana, the response by the governor and the [...]
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The Broken Promises of Louisiana’s Medicaid Expansion
Some in Louisiana want to claim that the state’s expansion of Medicaid to able-bodied adults [...]
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The Report the Department of Health Doesn’t Want You to Read
In recent months, enrollment in Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion has declined, as the state finally [...]
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New LSU “Jobs” Study about Benefits of Medicaid Expansion Raises More Questions Than It Answers
by Chris Jacobs The release by the Louisiana Department of Health late Friday afternoon of an [...]
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Pelican Senior Fellow Chris Jacobs Featured in Wall Street Journal: Medicaid Expansion has Louisianans Dropping Their Private Plans
The Pelican Institute’s Senior Fellow Chris Jacobs authored a column featured in the Wall [...]
Read moreState data reveals major issue with Louisiana Medicaid expansion
Please click to view the full detailed solutions paper from the Pelican Institute for Public Policy [...]
Read more“HIGH RISK” DESIGNATION REINFORCES PROBLEMS IN LOUISIANA’S MEDICAID EXPANSION
That the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently designated Louisiana’s [...]
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Policy Brief: Debunking the government’s pro-Medicaid report
Why expanding Louisiana’s program to able-bodied adults hurts the economy By Chris Jacobs, Senior [...]
Read moreReforming Medicaid in Louisiana
As the Louisiana legislature ponders ways to resolve the state’s “fiscal cliff,” policy-makers [...]
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A Recent, First-Of-Its-Kind Law May Be Short-Lived
Perhaps reevaluating the role government regulations play in driving up the cost of health care is [...]
Read moreGuest Commentary: Louisiana Should Take Note of Failed Medicaid Policies in Arkansas
Everyone knows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” has not worked out as originally [...]
Read moreCommentary: Jindal Taking Right Approach to Affordable Care Act
Supporters of the law argue that states should move quickly to create state insurance exchanges in [...]
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Implications of SCOTUS Health Care Ruling for Louisiana
Although the Supreme Court let most of the ACA stand, Louisiana policymakers can still play an [...]
Read moreObama Health Care Exchange: Not the Answer for Louisiana
Last week the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) published a response to our critique of the health [...]
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Five Reasons Not to Create ObamaCare Exchange
Louisiana should not devote resources to a program it won’t control and may soon be rendered [...]
Read moreBoustany Rebukes Landrieu for Overlooking High Costs of Obama Health Care Law
In response to a “Dear Friend” letter Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) sent to constituents reiterating [...]
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State Medicaid Costs Continue to Outpace Education and Other Vital Services
Medicaid costs continued to rise in 2011, consuming a greater percentage of overall state spending. [...]
Read moreCommentary: Louisiana Announces Online Medical Records Exchange For Health Care Providers
The 2009 Stimulus allocated money for states to improve their information technology systems, with [...]
Read moreObamaCare’s Regulatory Uncertainty Stirs Republican and Democratic Criticism at the State Level
Even as they differ over the merits and defects of health care exchanges, state officials from [...]
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Greenstein: ObamaCare Will ‘Cannibalize’ Private Insurance By 2014
'Government-financed health care does not have to be government-run.'
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Commentary: Ryan Offers Appealing Alternative To ObamaCare
[Ryan's plan] reforms the currently-unsustainable Medicare and Medicaid programs, and targets the [...]
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Commentary: Kaiser Foundation Finds Insurance Costs Spiking In Wake Of ObamaCare
The specter of even more pronounced rising costs, as evidenced by Kaiser's study, may not only keep [...]
Read moreDoctors in the House: Cassidy and Fleming Call for “Price Transparency”
Republicans did not do enough to advance free market reforms within the health care system when [...]
Read moreCommentary: Louisiana One Step Closer to Coordinated-Care Networks for Medicaid
Gov. Jindal estimates that transitioning towards coordinated-care will save the state $135 million [...]
Read moreUnelected Board Could Impose Medicare Cuts Without Congressional Approval
Unelected bureaucrats could be empowered with unchecked authority to set rates for Medicare [...]
Read moreCommentary: Kansas Becomes Second State To Reject ObamaCare Implementation Grant
Kansas officials also noted that the Early Innovator grant does nothing to slow the explosive [...]
Read moreObamaCare Opponents Differ Sharply Over Strategy at ALEC Conference
A dispute over the merits and potential defects of health care exchange systems continued to rage [...]
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Commentary: Kennedy Lays Out Compelling Case Against State’s Plan For New Charity Hospital
Those pushing for this plan in Baton Rouge continue to do so without taking into account [...]
Read moreJindal’s Opposition to Health Care Exchanges Fuels Debate Among Conservatives
Libertarians with the Cato Institute ardently endorse Gov. Bobby Jindal's resistance to health care [...]
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Cato Scholar Cannon Argues for Necessity of Cutting Medicaid
467,000 new enrollees will be added in our state under the new health care law. This will even [...]
Read moreState Legislature Aims For “Sunset” On Jindal’s Medicaid Reform Plan
Jindal's proposal was an effort to lessen the strain of Louisiana's health care spending while [...]
Read moreCommentary: City Bureaucrats Bicker While New Orleans East Demands Hospital
The most practical and responsible way towards achieving a new hospital in the East is taking the [...]
Read moreRestraints on Medical Malpractice Damages Coming to Louisiana
SB 61, which has been assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, would give the legislature power [...]
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Tea Party Groups and Sen. Guillory Defer Health Care Compacts Until Next Session
Instead of allowing a Senate Committee to kill a bill that otherwise stands a strong chance of [...]
Read moreTea Party Partners with Sen. Guillory to Pursue State Authority Over Health Care
Tea Party activists joined with Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas) last week to testify in favor of [...]
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Inter-State Health Care Agreements Set to Negate ObamaCare
Sen. Elbert Guillory (D-Opelousas) has introduced a bill that would make possible for Louisiana to [...]
Read moreLouisiana Unions Receive Waiver from ObamaCare Requirements
Although organized labor has been supportive of ObamaCare, many of these same union organizations [...]
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Analysis of New Hospital Complex Questions Scale of Project
In contrast to the state's vision for the UMC, Kaufman Ellis determines that "UMC, as currently [...]
Read moreCommentary: Louisiana Lawmakers Can Act Now to Expand Choice for Health Care Consumers
Louisiana lawmakers are in position to enact meaningful free market health care reforms that will [...]
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Sen. Vitter Stands Against Federal Funding of New Charity Hospital
'Even if the hospital's business plan pans out, it will mean an estimated $70 to $100 million [...]
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Commentary: The Necessity of Confronting Medicare
Medicare spending is growing at annual clip of 7.2 percent, vastly faster than the rest of the [...]
Read moreCommentary: ObamaCare Will Move Louisianians Away from Private Insurance and Inflate Medicaid Rolls
On ObamaCare's one year anniversary, it is now evident that Louisiana residents will be forced off [...]
Read moreCommentary: Louisiana Becomes Ninth State To Request Health Care Waiver
"With the addition of Louisiana, nine states have now requested an exemption from this particular [...]
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Commentary: Cassidy, Fleming, Boustany Sound Off On One Year Anniversary Of ObamaCare’s Passage
"Republicans are working to 'replace [Obamacare] with legislation which will expand access to [...]
Read moreHappy Birthday: Jindal Rejects ObamaCare Exchange System on Law’s One Year Anniversary
One year after ObamaCare was signed into law, Gov. Bobby Jindal has stated that Louisiana will not [...]
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Health-Care Waiver Granted to Maine Highlights Problems with ObamaCare
"One could argue that these waivers are essentially an admission that Obamacare is incompatible [...]
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Health Care Compacts Could Expand Consumer Choice and Cancel Out Federal Mandates
Health care compacts can protect against federal overreach, cancel out ObamaCare and restore [...]
Read moreFlorida Ruling on ObamaCare Boosts Arguments against Louisiana Implementation
Legal scholars claim Judge Vinson's ruling against ObamaCare in Florida can apply nationwide. Gov. [...]
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Commentary: New Insights on Obamacare from Cato Institute
"Tanner rightfully labels the new health care law a 'colossal failure' which will irrevocably [...]
Read moreCommentary: 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 moreEvidence Mounts: Physicians Leaving Private Practice for Hospitals
Louisiana’s medical society reports doubling of hospital employment in four years, and as the [...]
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 [...]
Read moreCommentary: Louisiana Can Sidestep and Delay ObamaCare Regulatory Requirements
State Lawmakers can resist grants with “Federal Strings” and suspend rule-making. Earlier, [...]
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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 [...]
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Commentary: ALEC Releases Guide to Repealing ObamaCare
Just as the “Hippocratic Oath” counsels medical professionals to avoiding doing any harm to [...]
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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 [...]
Read more200 Economists Support ObamaCare Repeal
This morning, 200 economists released an open letter to Congressional leaders calling for the [...]
Read moreCommentary: ObamaCare and the Cost of Medicaid, Texas as a Case Study
Many of the arguments against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to [...]
Read morePledge to Repeal ObamaCare Gains Momentum in Battleground States
Three members of Louisiana’s Congressional delegation have signed on Two advocacy groups, [...]
Read moreCommentary: Sen. David Vitter Tackles FDA Over Regulation of Breast Cancer Drug
The recent judicial decision affirming Virginia’s meritorious lawsuit against Obamacare has [...]
Read moreLouisiana Legislature Passes Measure Opposing ObamaCare Insurance Mandate
Original bill weakened by amendment, but state is first with Democrat-controlled legislature to [...]
Read moreCommentary: HB 1474 Would Help Protect Autonomy of States and Individuals
As early as today the Louisiana Senate will be voting on Rep. Kirk Talbot’s HB 1474, which [...]
Read moreCommentary: Weak Case for Individual Mandate Highlighted by HB1474 Hearing
Last week at the State Capitol, Rep. Kirk Talbot’s HB1474 received a brief hearing in the [...]
Read moreA Reality Check On ObamaCare
Would you like to read an excessively optimistic view on health care reform? Sen. Mary Landrieu’s [...]
Read moreState Senator Unveils Legislation Prohibiting National Health Care Mandates
Louisiana State Senator A.G. Crowe has authored legislation that seeks to “Prohibit state or local [...]
Read moreLouisiana Scores Well In Charter School Friendliness
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has ranked Louisiana ninth in a new report that [...]
Read moreCharity Hospital Controversy Goes National
Today’s Washington Times contains two interesting pieces on the controversy over Charity [...]
Read moreThis Version of “Personal Responsibility” Leaves Much to Be Desired
On January 11, 2010, Senator Mary Landrieu was confronted by protestors outside the Vermilion [...]
Read moreLandrieu’s Louisiana Purchase No Bargain for Taxpayers
Senator Mary Landrieu may have secured Louisiana a $300 million Medicaid supplement within the [...]
Read moreHouse Health Care Bill Not the Answer
Last week House Democrats unveiled a bulky $894 billion health care plan which will initiate [...]
Read moreNew Study Examines Cost of Proposed Health Care Reforms in Louisiana
Today the Pelican Institute released a new study, “The Prognosis for National Health [...]
Read moreLaffer Health Care Report
The renowned economist Arthur Laffer has released a study on the economic impact of Obama’s [...]
Read morePatients United Now Event in Metairie
Come out this Thursday, June 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. and make sure your voice is heard before our [...]
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