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October 31, 2017
Open enrollment for the federal health insurance marketplaces begins tomorrow. Analysts predict that President Donald Trump’s cuts to enrollment outreach, along with the confusion sown by repeated health care repeal bills, will lead to fewer people with health insurance.
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$98,400 - Maximum income for a family of four to be eligible for a subsidy in the federal health insurance marketplace. (Source: LBP analysis)October 30, 2017
More than 12 million Americans – including 143,577 Louisianans – bought health coverage in 2017 through the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance marketplace. But as the Nov. 1 start of the 2018 open enrollment period looms, the future of that coverage remains uncertain due to President Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to undermine the federal health reform law. … Read more...
October 25, 2017
The U.S. Senate voted late Tuesday to repeal a banking rule that allowed consumers the ability to file class-action lawsuits against banks and credit card companies.
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$7,725 - Amount the average consumer pays in fees to their bank or lender after going through forced arbitration. (Source: Economic Policy Institute)October 23, 2017
Louisiana gives away more money through corporate tax exemptions and credits than it collects from corporations in income taxes. That much has been known for years.