health
December 9, 2016
Gov. John Bel Edwards headlined the Council for a Better Louisiana’s annual meeting on Thursday, and used the occasion to call for an overhaul of the state’s broken tax system.
April 30, 2014
Senate health committee rejects health coverage for low-income adults
Legislation to provide critical health coverage for more than 240,000 low-income Louisiana adults was shot down by a Senate committee Wednesday on a party-line vote. The Health & Welfare Committee rejected Senate Bill 96, a constitutional amendment by Sen.… Read more...
February 9, 2009
The recently signed bill gives LaCHIP a total of $207 million in funding, providing an additional 82,100 children in Louisiana health coverage.