State of Louisiana secondary Archives: on Health Care

Foster Campbell: ObamaCare's pre-existing rule is good; but fix other things

Campbell committed to support changes to the Affordable Care Act including changes for small businesses to ease the burden of providing employer-based options. "250,000 new consumers now have healthcare in Louisiana and you can't be denied for a pre-existing condition. That's good," said Campbell. "But there is so much we have to fix to get our whole system working better."

Proposed mergers by major insurance companies were of particular concern to event organizers, because of alleged antitrust violations. "I regulate monopolies right now on the Public Service Commission, so it's no secret that I fight for consumers who don't have lobbyists," said Campbell. "I believe in healthy competition."

Garret Graves: Obamacare is a massive expansion of government; repeal it

In Congress I will fight to:
• Protect patients' rights and decisions
• Provide the best healthcare in the world
• Prevent government expansion into private healthcare markets

Already amended and delayed nearly 40 times, it's time to move for full repeal and replace it a version similar to a proposal by the Republican Study Committee. This plan protects our relationship with doctors, allows for more investment in health saving accounts, allows us to keep policies when we change jobs, and provides for the coverage of those with pre-existing conditions.

Jay Dardenne: Introduced law requiring no-smoking areas in restaurants