Posted by Ellen Carmichael on November 7, 2014Healthcare Solutions Week Highlights Need for Alternatives to Affordable Care ActThe Pelican Institute recently participated in Healthcare Solutions Week, an opportunity for people of [...]Read more
Posted by Margaret Viator on April 22, 2014Guest Commentary: Louisiana Should Take Note of Failed Medicaid Policies in ArkansasEveryone knows that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” has not worked out as originally [...]Read more
Posted by Margaret Viator on March 31, 2014Streamlining Medical Parole to Ensure Public Safety and Protect TaxpayersThe nation’s older inmate population is expected to increase exponentially again over the next decade, [...]Read more
Posted by John Kay on July 9, 2013One Hand Tied Behind Their BacksWhile Louisiana faces many of the same fiscal issues faced by other states, our problems have been [...]Read more
Posted by Ben Kilpatrick on May 6, 2013Medicaid Expansion: Even Worse Than You ThoughtNot only does Medicaid place an unreasonable burden on taxpayers, it fails to deliver a significant [...]Read more
Posted by Ben Kilpatrick on April 26, 2013Something Like a SlurBecause Bob Mann holds the Manship Chair in Journalism and is the director of the Reilly Center for Media [...]Read more
Posted by Ben Kilpatrick on April 24, 2013The Trouble with MedicaidLouisiana legislators may not have the power to fix what is wrong with the federal welfare state. But [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on July 13, 2012Commentary: Jindal Taking Right Approach to Affordable Care ActSupporters of the law argue that states should move quickly to create state insurance exchanges in order [...]Read more
Posted by Kevin Kane on July 2, 2012Implications of SCOTUS Health Care Ruling for LouisianaAlthough the Supreme Court let most of the ACA stand, Louisiana policymakers can still play an important [...]Read more