|
|
Can Obama Save Louisiana Healthcare from Jindal's Budget Cuts?This forum post is dated 03/13/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. Louisiana - Medical Jobs
| Can Obama Save Louisiana Healthcare from Jindal's Budget Cuts? Can President Obama's healthcare reform plan save Louisiana healthcare from Governor Jindal's budget cuts? Louisiana healthcare has been in decline for a long time, but Governor Jindals recent budget cuts are going to make things a lot worse a lot quicker. Louisiana residents have high incedence of chronic diseases — heart disease, diabetes, cancer. But more Louisianans die from these diseases than do folks in the rest of the country. The reason is that these diseases go untreated until the problems get too bad to ignore. The basic problem is lack of access to affordable healthcare. People dont go to the doctor because they cant afford it. Our state has one of the highest percentages of adults without health insurance in the country. Reaching affordable care — frequently and LSU Hospital — can involve long drives and even longer waits to get treatment. When things get really bad, the uninsured get treatment but it is more expensive by then and the costs they cant pay are spread across those who can, namely those with health insurance. The Department of Health & Hospitals recently announced how it would implement Medicaid cuts made necessary by Governor Jindals refusal to back a tobacco tax increase to stave off the cuts. You might believe that Medicaid cuts will affect just the poor. You would be wrong. The Louisiana Hospital Association says that the cuts will mean the loss of nearly 2000 jobs at private hospitals over the next year. They also warn that Jindals cuts will X;b>...X;/b> |
Reply Options Share your opinions, advice, questions or comments on this post. | Be Heard: Forum reply options: We encourage everyone to share their opinions, comments, thoughts and information, please consider sharing... Please register or login in to reply to this post: It is quick, easy and offers many advantages when using our site. |
Social NetworkingShare this with your friends on facebook, twitter and Google+ | | Social sharing because it feels good:
| |
|
Tags and TaggingTags help organize related posts and resources by topic. | |
|
