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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Louisiana</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/topic/louisiana" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/topic/louisiana</id><updated>2010-12-24T03:31:49Z</updated><entry><title>Rules for Dispensing Drugs for Medicaid in Louisiana</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/rules-dispensing-drugs-medicaid-louisiana-2231126a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-19T17:19:45Z</updated><author><name>eHow</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-19:/rules-dispensing-drugs-medicaid-louisiana-2231126a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Welfare Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Health Care Plans"></category><category term="Prescription Benefits Management"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Food and Drug Administration"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners"></category></entry><entry><title>US Sen. Landrieu holds out hope for Medicaid fix</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/sen-landrieu-holds-hope-medicaid-fix-825568a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T18:50:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-06-25:/sen-landrieu-holds-hope-medicaid-fix-825568a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Mass. &lt;a title="U.S. Republican Party" href="/topic/U.S.+Republican+Party" &gt;GOP&lt;/a&gt; upset victory means more doubt for La. &lt;a title="Medicaid" href="/topic/Medicaid" &gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt; money but Landrieu holds on to hope&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mary Landrieu" href="/topic/Mary+Landrieu" &gt;Sen. Mary Landrieu&lt;/a&gt; defended the Senate's version of health care overhaul legislation &amp;amp;#8212; and language in it that provides up to $365 million in Medicaid money for &lt;a title="Louisiana" hr...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Federal Budget"></category><category term="Social Services Funding"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Hurricane Katrina"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Senate"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Harry Reid"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="Baton Rouge"></category><category term="Edward M. Kennedy"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Joseph Cao"></category><category term="Charlie Melancon"></category><category term="Bobby Jindal"></category><category term="Mary Landrieu"></category><category term="David Vitter"></category><category term="Melinda Deslatte"></category><category term="Alan Levine"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Health Care Reform"></category><category term="Scott Brown (Politician)"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Louisiana Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Who wins, who loses in Senate health bill</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/wins-loses-senate-health-bill-787523a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T08:13:56Z</updated><author><name>AP Features</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-04-16:/wins-loses-senate-health-bill-787523a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The little town of Libby, &lt;a title="Montana" href="/topic/Montana" &gt;Mont.&lt;/a&gt;, isn't mentioned by name in the Senate's mammoth health care bill, but its 2,900 citizens are big winners in the legislation, thanks to the influence of &lt;a title="Max Baucus" href="/topic/Max+Baucus" &gt;Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus&lt;/a&gt;, D-Mont.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After pushing for years for help for residents, many of whom suffer from asbestos-related illnesses from a now-closed mineral mining operation, Baucus inser...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Christopher Dodd"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Medicare"></category><category term="Florida"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Nebraska"></category><category term="Montana"></category><category term="AARP"></category><category term="Massachusetts"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="South Dakota"></category><category term="Wyoming"></category><category term="North Dakota"></category><category term="Vermont"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Bill Nelson"></category><category term="University of Connecticut"></category><category term="Ben Nelson"></category><category term="Max Baucus"></category><category term="Bernie Sanders"></category><category term="Mary Landrieu"></category><category term="David Espo"></category><category term="Alan Fram"></category><category term="Bryan DeAngelis"></category><category term="Bellevue (Nebraska)"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Medicare Advantage Plan"></category></entry><entry><title>Health bill helps wavering Louisiana senator</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/health-bill-helps-wavering-louisiana-senator-748269a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T09:00:56Z</updated><author><name>AP Features</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-04-16:/health-bill-helps-wavering-louisiana-senator-748269a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Harry Reid" href="/topic/Harry+Reid" &gt;Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid&lt;/a&gt; has included at least $100 million in &lt;a title="Medicaid" href="/topic/Medicaid" &gt;Medicaid&lt;/a&gt; funds for &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt; in his health care bill at the same time he is trying to persuade that state's wavering Democratic senator to cast a pivotal vote for the overhaul legislation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Mary Landrieu" href="/topic/Mary+Landrieu" &gt;Sen. Mary Landrieu, D...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="Welfare Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Public Finance"></category><category term="Federal Budget"></category><category term="Social Services Funding"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Hurricane Katrina"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Harry Reid"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Budget Office"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="U.S. Democratic Party"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Ben Evans"></category><category term="Mary Landrieu"></category><category term="David Espo"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category></entry><entry><title>Louisiana cuts physicians' Medicaid payments</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/louisiana-cuts-physicians-medicaid-payments-3516651a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T12:40:55Z</updated><author><name>American Medical Association News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-11-02:/louisiana-cuts-physicians-medicaid-payments-3516651a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Hurricane Katrina"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Alan Levine"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Louisiana Department of Health &amp; Hospitals"></category><category term="Vincent Culotta"></category><category term="William LaCorte"></category></entry><entry><title>Louisiana pediatricians sue over Medicaid managed care pilots</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/louisiana-pediatricians-sue-medicaid-managed-care-pilots-3516729a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-02T12:41:00Z</updated><author><name>American Medical Association News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-11-02:/louisiana-pediatricians-sue-medicaid-managed-care-pilots-3516729a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Social Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Policy"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Health and Medical Insurance Carriers"></category><category term="Health Care Plans"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"></category><category term="Medicaid"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="American Academy of Pediatrics"></category><category term="Health First Inc."></category><category term="Bobby Jindal"></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Children's Health"></category><category term="Sandra Adams"></category><category term="Dept. of Health and Hospitals"></category></entry><entry><title>Doctors' Offices Work to Keep Patients During Economic Downturn</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/doctors-offices-work-patients-economic-downturn-2982349a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T19:14:18Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-23:/doctors-offices-work-patients-economic-downturn-2982349a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Food and Cooking"></category><category term="Beverages"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Family Medicine"></category><category term="Retail Trade"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Cardiovascular Medicine"></category><category term="Victoria Knight"></category></entry><entry><title>Doctors&amp;#8217; Offices Work to Keep Patients During Economic Downturn</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/doctors238217-offices-work-patients-economic-downturn-2981207a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-23T19:12:59Z</updated><author><name>Wall Street Journal Health Blog</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-23:/doctors238217-offices-work-patients-economic-downturn-2981207a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Food and Cooking"></category><category term="Beverages"></category><category term="Health Care Issues"></category><category term="Family Medicine"></category><category term="Retail Trade"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc."></category><category term="Paying for Health Care"></category><category term="Cardiovascular Medicine"></category><category term="Victoria Knight"></category></entry><entry><title>Gulf Oil Spill-Counting Birds</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/gulf-oil-spillcounting-birds-2401924p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-24T03:31:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-24:/photo/gulf-oil-spillcounting-birds-2401924p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Hans Holbrook" href="/topic/Hans+Holbrook" &gt;Hans Holbrook&lt;/a&gt;, of LaPlace, &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt; looks though a monocular as he scans the coast of for birds during the &lt;a title="National Audubon Society" href="/topic/National+Audubon+Society" &gt;National Audubon Society&lt;/a&gt;'s annual Christmas bird count on the &lt;a title="Gulf Coast" href="/topic/Gulf+Coast" &gt;Gulf Coast&lt;/a&gt; in Grand Isle, La., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2010. 60,000 bird watchers fanned out ac...</summary><category term="Hobbies and Pastimes"></category><category term="Birding"></category><category term="Nature and the Environment"></category><category term="Wildlife"></category><category term="Birds"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="National Audubon Society"></category><category term="Gulf Coast"></category></entry><entry><title>Gulf Oil Spill Berms</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/gulf-oil-spill-berms-2398373p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-16T12:01:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-16:/photo/gulf-oil-spill-berms-2398373p/</id><summary type="html">In this Dec. 15, 2010 aerial photo from a southwings.org flight, berm construction by the State of &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt; is seen along the &lt;a title="Chandeleur Islands" href="/topic/Chandeleur+Islands" &gt;Chandeleur Islands&lt;/a&gt;, in the &lt;a title="Gulf of Mexico" href="/topic/Gulf+of+Mexico" &gt;Gulf of Mexico&lt;/a&gt;. The big set of sand barriers erected by Louisiana's governor to protect the coastline at the height of the Gulf oil spill is being criticized by a presi...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Accidents and Disasters"></category><category term="Photography"></category><category term="Landscape Photography"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Gulf of Mexico"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Oil Spills"></category><category term="Gulf Coast Oil Spill"></category><category term="Chandeleur Islands"></category><category term="U.S. State Politics"></category><category term="Louisiana Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Judge Impeachment</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/judge-impeachment-2393654p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-07T09:31:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-12-07:/photo/judge-impeachment-2393654p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In a Sept. 13, 2010 file photo, &lt;a title="G. Thomas Porteous" href="/topic/G.+Thomas+Porteous" &gt;US District Judge G. Thomas Porteous&lt;/a&gt;, for the Eastern District of &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt;, center, listens to testimony, on &lt;a title="Capitol Hill" href="/topic/Capitol+Hill" &gt;Capitol Hill&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;, during a &lt;a title="Senate Impeachment Committee" href="/topic/Senate+Impeachment+Commit...</summary><category term="Judiciary"></category><category term="U.S. Courts"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="Impeachment"></category><category term="G. Thomas Porteous"></category><category term="Political Corruption"></category><category term="Senate Impeachment Committee"></category></entry><entry><title>Louisiana Senate</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/louisiana-senate-2371048p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-28T19:01:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-28:/photo/louisiana-senate-2371048p/</id><summary type="html">Incumbent &lt;a title="David Vitter" href="/topic/David+Vitter" &gt;Sen. David Vitter, R-La.&lt;/a&gt;, right, and &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt; senatorial candidate, &lt;a title="Charlie Melancon" href="/topic/Charlie+Melancon" &gt;Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La.&lt;/a&gt;, prepare for the start of their debate at the WWL television studios in &lt;a title="New Orleans" href="/topic/New+Orleans" &gt;New Orleans&lt;/a&gt;, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)&lt;div id="copyright"&gt;&lt;div&gt;
     ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Elections and Voting"></category><category term="Broadcast Media"></category><category term="Television Broadcasting and Production"></category><category term="Media Sector"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Charlie Melancon"></category><category term="David Vitter"></category><category term="Consumer Cyclicals"></category></entry><entry><title>Gulf Oil Spill</title><link href="http://howtopayforhealthcare.com/photo/gulf-oil-spill-2370861p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-28T12:04:27Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:howtopayforhealthcare.com,2010-10-28:/photo/gulf-oil-spill-2370861p/</id><summary type="html">FILE - In a Sept. 4, 2010 file photo, The Transocean Development Driller II, left, which is assisting in the drilling of the &lt;a title="Deepwater Horizon" href="/topic/Deepwater+Horizon" &gt;Deepwater Horizon&lt;/a&gt; relief well, floats near support vessels on the &lt;a title="Gulf of Mexico" href="/topic/Gulf+of+Mexico" &gt;Gulf of Mexico&lt;/a&gt; near the coast of &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt;. The federal government has set up a security zone around the wreckage site of the Deepwat...</summary><category term="Sciences"></category><category term="Earth Science"></category><category term="Oceanography"></category><category term="Accidents and Disasters"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Gulf of Mexico"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="BP plc"></category><category term="Oil Spills"></category><category term="Deepwater Horizon"></category><category term="Gulf Coast Oil Spill"></category></entry></feed>
