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(PDF Version) The Jindal administration is planning to address the latest mid-year state budget crisis with several potential solutions, at least two of which should be reconsidered. One is a raid on the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund, a move that would sweep scarce and specially designated dollars for coastal protection and restoration into […]
The state Office of Group Benefits could use a dose of financial stability, accountability and transparency. The recent controversies over the office reveal the need for a long-term fix.
In the past year, Louisiana’s hospital safety net has been reinvented but not discarded. After a sudden reduction in federal health care financing, Louisiana embarked on a new path by privatizing the operations of its state hospitals while continuing to provide medical education managed by its public universities.
(PDF Version here) The 2013 legislative session started with a whimper and ended with a sigh of relief. On Day One, the governor “parked” his tax reform plan, failed to inspire a legislative effort to repeal the income tax and offered no further guidance or motivation to lawmakers. The state budget proved to be a bigger […]
With two weeks left in the 2013 Legislative session, lawmakers are focused on several initiatives that would engender long-term consequences for the state’s fiscal affairs. State officials and the public should fully recognize the future effects and limitations. In particular, the Legislature is poised to limit its budgeting flexibility by placing in the Constitution a […]
A report released this week by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has provided the public with more information and a better and more balanced analysis of the proposed Medicaid expansion than was previously available from government and independent sources.
Like all states, Louisiana is faced with a decision of whether to participate in the expansion of Medicaid coverage to low-income adults under the federal Affordable Care Act. So far Louisiana has opted not to participate in the expansion, which begins in 2014.