David Hood, Medicaid Expansion (2014)
The Press Club
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Public Affairs, News, Speech
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2014-01-13
Duration: 00:28:38
Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | HOOD, DAVID | Health Care | United States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act | MEDICAID | Louisiana Children's Health Insurance Program
Contributors:
- Hood, David Speaker
Description
A speech by David Hood before the Baton Rouge Press Club on January 13, 2014. Hood is a former secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals. He discusses: the reasons why he believes the state should accept federal funding to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare; the expansion of Medicaid under LaCHIP; and the critics’ arguments against expanding Medicaid.