LaCHIP
February 7, 2017
Louisiana ranks low on many health indicators. But one area where our state has made significant gains in recent years is in providing health coverage to children.
While children in Louisiana are more likely to be poor than adults, they also are much more likely to have health insurance.… Read more...
September 16, 2014
By Steve Spires
One in six Louisianans—16.6 percent—went without health coverage last year, a rate that’s statistically unchanged from 2012. New data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 751,000 Louisianans had no health insurance in 2013, which represents a drop of only 9,000 from 2012.… Read more...