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The passage of national health care reform legislation in March has triggered a major state-level planning effort as Louisiana officials prepare to boost Medicaid enrollment according to the federally mandated timeline and parameters. Initial estimates show that the state’s Medicaid program could extend coverage to an additional 385,000 people at a total cost of $4.2 […]
The oil spill and the revenue shortfall dominated discussions during the 2010 legislative session. Yet, those discussions yielded little more than hand wringing and vented frustration. Louisiana remains on a collision course with economic hazards on both fronts. The session did bring a few hard-won reforms to the state’s education systems, both at the K-12 […]
The Louisiana system of publicly-funded long-term care for the elderly has been improved in recent years to achieve a better mix of institutional and non-institutional options for care. However, the state health care budget for the next fiscal year proposes a move in the opposite direction.
Click here to download a copy of the report. The latest PAR report, “Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana,” evaluates the state’s system of public mental health care. The report provides an overview of the system and focuses on several issues that are barriers for those who seek treatment for mental illness. The analysis finds […]
Major reform in both national and state health care policies is necessary to avoid a complete collapse of public health care systems at all levels of government.
The recent public release of the Louisiana Health First (LHF) plan by the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) marks the beginning of long-overdue public debate among administration officials, legislators and care providers in Louisiana regarding the specifics of health care reform.
For all the reform talk and promises made by the governor and legislators when they were candidates, the first regular session of this Legislature has closed with little in the way of substantial reform. The improvements that were made were overshadowed by the extravagant legislative pay raise members passed for themselves and the governor’s refusal […]