Collection:LPB

Genre: Panel

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2012-07-06

Duration: 00:24:21

Subjects: Filmed panel discussions | United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | Health Care | HEALTH INSURANCE | MEDICAID | CASSIDY, BILL | Peterson, Karen Carter

Contributors:

• Whinham, Charlie Host
• Sanford, Shauna Host
• Cassidy, Bill Panelist
• Peterson, Karen Carter Panelist
• Spires, Steve Panelist
• Jindal, Bobby Speaker

This segment from the July 6, 2012, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford leading a panel discussion on health care in Louisiana following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). The panelists are: Congressman Bill Cassidy, a practicing physician; State Senator Karen Carter Peterson, the chairwoman of the Louisiana Democratic Party; and Steve Spires, an analyst with the Louisiana Budget Project. They discuss: the U.S. House of Representative’s upcoming vote to repeal Obamacare; Governor Bobby Jindal’s decision not to implement the health insurance exchange and Medicaid expansion provisions of the Affordable Care Act; the recent cut to Louisiana’s federal budget for Medicaid; the timeline for the reduction in health care services; the health care reform measures supported by Congressional Republicans; and the subsidies available to small businesses that offer health insurance to their employees.