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Wrecking the Crash Cart: Jindal’s Decisions Destabilize Louisiana Health Care

There were more warning lights flashing this week signaling that Governor Jindal's ideologically driven approach to health care reform is careening out of control. The Governor's decisions put not only the state's public hospital system, but graduate medical education, the financial viability of community hospitals, and the ability of any Louisiana citizen [...]

By |2013-01-13T05:55:12+00:00January 13th, 2013|Analysis, Party Communications|0 Comments

The Vitter and Jindal war on Medicaid is undermining Louisiana’s health care future

At the October 4th joint meeting of the House & Senate Health and Welfare Committees in Baton Rouge, Senator Ben Nevers of Bogalusa asked representatives of LSU, "Who decides who lives and who dies?" LSU System health care chief Frank Opelka told Senator Nevers and others in the committee room that patient access to [...]

By |2013-01-12T20:58:29+00:00January 12th, 2013|Analysis, Party Communications|0 Comments