health insurance marketplace Archives - Louisiana Budget Project

April 24, 2018

Another step toward investment in early education

Louisiana currently spends no state general fund dollars to subsidize the cost of early childhood education for low-income parents, even though thousands of families are languishing on a state waiting list.

Number of the Day

75 - percentage of TOPS recipients who are white. Only 55 percent of students at Louisiana public colleges and universities are white. (Source: The Century Foundation)

March 9, 2018

Louisiana must address systemic poverty

A recent report by U.S. News and World Report ranked Louisiana dead last in the nation when ranked on a host of measurements such as health care, crime, economic opportunity and fiscal stability.

Number of the Day

1,148 - Number of House and Senate prefiled bills for the 2018 regular session of the Legislature. (Source: Louisiana Legislature)

December 6, 2017

Playing politics with health care

The health care received by 1.5 million Louisianans hangs in the balance as questions loom over whether Gov. John Bel Edwards has the unilateral authority to renew the state’s contracts with five managed-care insurance companies.

Number of the Day

9 - Days remaining in the open enrollment period for Americans who want to buy health coverage through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace. (Source: healthcare.gov)

November 6, 2017

Putting the brakes on managed care

The Medicaid health insurance coverage that 1.5 million low-income Louisianans rely on is imperiled after partisan maneuvering blocked the renewal of managed care contracts on Friday.

Number of the Day

8.5 - Percentage increase in the number of young adults, ages 25-34, in New Orleans, from 2010 to 2015, ranking the city 5th on a national ranking of “Millennial Magnet” cities. (Source: Urban Land Institute via Time)