Medicaid
With just four days left in the special session, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed a budget that would cut $620 million from the state’s health care system. The $119 million state general fund reduction in the House budget would lead to the loss of $433 million in federal funds and $68 million from other (mostly local) funding sources.… Read more...
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A recent uptick in the state’s revenue forecast allowed the House of Representatives to restore $92 million in planned cuts to the Medicaid program. Unfortunately, that money is not nearly enough to make up for the devastating cuts to Louisiana’s health care safety net included in the latest version of the Fiscal Year 2019 budget.… Read more...
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As the end of state fiscal year 2018 nears, Louisiana’s state agencies and administrators are trying to figure out what their budgets might look like come July 1. For now, they have to plan as if the state will go over the “fiscal cliff,” meaning the Legislature will allow almost $1.4 billion in temporary taxes to expire without enacting any replacement measures.… Read more...
Today’s report on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion confirms what we have known from the start: The federal health care dollars Louisiana captured by extending coverage to the working poor support jobs and economic activity in every corner of the state.… Read more...