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? asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 7 years ago

Do you believe Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu will be campaigning on the ACA?

Since she promised obamacare would lower health care costs but costs are rising over 9.9% this year?

Some Louisiana insurers moving ahead with higher premiums under Affordable Care Act

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, the state's largest provider, filed papers that it is moving forward with its original plan to increases rates between 18.3 percent and 19.7 percent for policyholders in its Blue Saver, Blue Max and its Multi-State individual health plans. The plans cover 52,638 people.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/som...

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  • 7 years ago
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    She is going to be ex senator soon and she is grasping at straws. The people of louisiana will elect a conservative. Obamacare is a job killer.

  • justa
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    7 years ago

    Louisiana is among the 26 states that left all responsibility for its health insurance marketplace to the federal government. Gov. Bobby Jindal repeatedly rejected a state-run exchange and even returned a $1 million federal planning grant. Jindal also rejected Medicaid expansion in the state, a decision that leaves 34 percent of uninsured Louisiana adults in the coverage gap, which means can’t get help through Medicaid nor do they qualify for subsidies to purchase insurance through marketplace. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 866,000 Louisiana residents are uninsured and almost 242,000 of them are shut out of both Medicaid and subsidies to purchase insurance through the marketplace. The decision against Medicaid expansion affects not only uninsured individuals, but also Louisiana healthcare providers and its overall economy. The state provided $18 million in stopgap funding in late August when Baton Rouge General Mid City Hospital announced it would close its emergency room due to the expense of providing uncompensated care for the uninsured. An Urban Institute study says Louisiana is losing out on $15.8 billion in funding between 2013 and 2022 by not expanding Medicaid, while contributing $5.7 billion in taxes over the same period that will be used states that have expanded.

    I think she stands a darn good chance on fact, not that facts mean much to them.

  • 7 years ago

    Yeah I beleive it. Since it does so much positive and the average for Louisiana may be 9.9 percent increase but the average for the US is going to be .8% drop, and that is a startling reversal of a decades if a past trend.

    http://www.governing.com/news/headlines/khn-obamac...

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