By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
We asked the candidates in Louisiana’s competitive congressional races for their takes on affordability, and not surprisingly there were some partisan viewpoints shared.
Democrats and Republicans running for Congress in Louisiana have different approaches to bringing down prices for gas, groceries and other consumer goods. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
By Julie O’Donoghue
Democrats and Republicans running for Congress in Louisiana have different approaches to bringing down the cost of living.
“With $4/gallon gas and $6/gallon diesel, cost of living and affordability are first and foremost on voters’ minds in every poll I do,” John Couvillon, who runs one of the most prominent Louisiana political polling firms, JMC Analytics and Polling, wrote in an email.
Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey Monitor
By Julie O’Donoghue
One of Louisiana’s four Medicaid plans might no longer cover treatment at the state’s largest healthcare network, Ochsner Health System, after Dec. 1, potentially affecting 70,000 people. Ochsner is asking for the Louisiana Department of Health to help in the negotiations, though the state’s top Medicaid official says he’s not sure of the sticking points.
Dr. Sindhura Manubolu, director of the family medicine program at the Long Island City Health Center in New York, received her medical degree in India. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/Stateline)
By Shalina Chatlani
As the nation’s physician shortage worsens, some fear the Trump administration’s immigration policies will dissuade or prevent doctors who earned their medical degrees in foreign countries from practicing in the United States. Among all U.S. doctors, an estimated one quarter were educated abroad, but they make up an even larger proportion of physicians in many specialties.
This week’s podcast episode focuses on an advancing lawsuit that could upend the way evictions are handled in Louisiana. Plus, we’ll learn where the Louisiana’s congressional candidates stand on nondisclosure agreements.
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