Medicaid contracts
December 15, 2017
Louisiana’s budget picture got a little brighter on Thursday, when a state forecasting panel recognized $387 million in new tax revenues for lawmakers to spend over the next 18 months.
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$2,027,000- Louisiana tax contributions from children of immigrants that would be lost if DACA expires before a DREAM Act is passed. (Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy)December 13, 2017
The health care received by 1.5 million Louisianans continues to hang in the balance as Gov. John Bel Edwards and Rep. Cameron Henry disagree on small details in the contracts of private companies that manage 90 percent of Louisiana's Medicaid program.
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28.3 - Percent of children in Louisiana living in poverty. (Source: United Health Foundation)December 6, 2017
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.
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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)December 1, 2017
The cost of higher education has shifted dramatically in the last decade from state taxpayers to students.