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Quality Health Care is Coming to New Orleans East
ABC26 NewsToday New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced plans for a full service health care facility. The new facility will open at the old Methodist Hospital location on Read Boulevard. Initial plans include an 80 bed facility; that will create about 1200...Tags: Health, Hospitals and Clinics, WGNO
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Congressional bill to send $400M to Louisiana
ABC26 NewsLouisiana stands to receive more than $400 million in new health care and education aid from a pending $26 billion stimulus bill in Congress, but lawmakers and lobbyists sizing up the cash may be disappointed if they're angling for new spending plans....Tags: Health Insurance, Medical Services, Health, Medicaid, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayor Landrieu Reports On First 100 Days In Office
ABC26 NewsMayor Mitch Landrieu celebrated his 100th day in office today, a period in which he has begun to transform and restore credibility to city government. The administration has tackled issues from overhauling the procedure for awarding contracts to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Trips and Vacations, Environmental Pollution, Health, Regional Authority
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Coalition Launches Toll-Free Mental Health Information Resource Line for Gulf Coast Residents
ABC26 NewsThe Our Home, Louisiana Coalition – founded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to improve the health and welfare of Louisianians affected by the crisis in the Gulf – has launched a toll-free Information Resource Line provided and staffed by...Tags: Medical Services, Environmental Issues, Health, Environmental Pollution, Healthcare Provider
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HHS Secretary Declares Public Health Emergency for Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama
HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today declared a public health emergency to ensure that individuals, including those enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama continue...Tags: Health, Dialysis, Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents, Diseases and Illnesses
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Jindal Unveils Health Care Revamp Proposal Today
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Jindal administration is unveiling the details of its proposal to revamp the way the state provides health care to the poor and uninsured. The plan would involve steering money away from charity hospitals and toward...Tags: Medical Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Bobby Jindal
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LAChip and Medicaid Enrollment Assistance on June 30
Staff reporterRepresentatives from the Greater New Orleans Covering Kids & Families Coalition (GNO CKF) will be at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi on Tuesday, June 30 from 10AM until noon to provide information about LaCHIP and Medicaid...Tags: Health Insurance, Medical Services, Health, Medicaid, Society
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Cabinet members tout Obama's health care plans
Staff reporterRESERVE, La. (AP) - Four members of President Barack Obama's cabinet visited Louisiana on Monday to tout plans for improving health care in rural areas, but they found themselves defending the administration's broader effort to overhaul the nation's...Tags: Medical Services, Health, Hilda Solis, Education, Barack Obama
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Jindal has 1 foot in DC, 1 at home
Staff reporterBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Even as he re-emerges on the national scene, Gov. Bobby Jindal also is launching a charm offensive of sorts at home. After months of media chatter about his out-of-state travel and poll numbers that showed Louisiana voters...Tags: Health, Regional Authority, Washington (U.S. state), Television Industry, FEMA
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Obama Health Care No Cup of Tea in Louisiana
ABC26 Political AnalystThis week four cabinet members of the Obama administration visited Reserve, Louisiana to pitch the health care plan being proposed by the President. This was part of their listening tour of "rural" America. The officials were probably expecting a...Tags: Medical Services, Health, Delaware, Barack Obama, Politics
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Questions About The New Healthcare Law
ABC26 NewsBrokers for independent healthcare plans are fielding calls from people wondering how the new healthcare initiative is going to impact them. Like so many New Orleanians, Neti Vaan and Roderick Jackson don't have any health insurance. And like many...Tags: Health Insurance, Health, Insurance, Social Issues
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Landrieu Hosting Health Care Forum
Staff reporterU.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu plans to hold a forum on health care in the southeast Louisiana town of Reserve. Skeptical audience members last month peppered members of President Barack Obama's cabinet - in town to tout plans for improving rural health care...Tags: Medical Services, Health, Health Care Reform (2009), Mary L Landrieu, Louisiana
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