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As Louisiana approaches its eleventh month since the twin disasters of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the state is still without a roadmap for rebuilding its health system. The health infrastructure remains in shambles in the New Orleans region: more than half of hospital and nursing home beds are closed, 80 percent of “safety net” clinics […]
Nearly eight months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept through Louisiana, the public health care system still lies in disarray. Important decisions regarding the future of that system have yet to be made, though it is expected that some action on financing and rebuilding of facilities may be taken in the near future. This report […]
Louisiana is now one of only three states in the nation, so far, to create a permanent endowment fund with its tobacco settlement. It is the only state to have done so by constitutional amendment.
As Louisiana’s Medicaid program increasingly relies on managed care as a means of delivering health care, careful consideration needs to be given to the challenges this will create.
The purpose of this report is to explain the basics of the Medicaid program and highlight key issues related to shifting significant numbers of Medicaid recipients into managed care.
The 1996 fiscal session ended up being a pleasant surprise. When the governor submitted his budget this spring, the theme was “doom and gloom.” However, with a federal reprieve on Medicaid funding, suspension of the exemptions for food and utilities from the 4% sales tax, and other factors, an additional $380 million in state funds […]
The time has come for the state to decide how best to provide the medical safety net for its 900,000 uninsured citizens. / Louisiana has a long way to go just to reach the southern states’ average funding levels for higher education.