Wednesday, May 30, 2012
10.14.11 Gov. Bobby Jindal spent much of his first term getting the private sector more involved in solving the state’s health-care woes. Through Jindal initiatives: The health care of more than 800,000 Medicaid recipients — mainly children and pregnant women — is scheduled to be turned over to private insurance companies in 2012. A private company is also set to take over management and coordination of behavioral health-care services for more than 150,000 Louisiana children and adults this spring. Read the entire article at the Advocate.
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