February 16, 2016
Capitol Beat
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: News, Public Affairs
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2016-02-16
Duration: 00:01:44
Subjects: Louisiana. Legislature | Louisiana Legislative Session, 2016 | Politics | Government | Louisiana. Department of Health and Hospitals | Health Care | SPECIAL SESSIONS
Contributors:
- Spires, Kelly Host
- Reynolds, Jeff Speaker
- Wester, Scott Speaker
Description
This episode of the series “Capitol Beat” from February 16, 2016, features Jeff Reynolds, the Undersecretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) testifying before the House Appropriations Committee on the impact of budget cuts to DHH. It also includes testimony by Scott Wester, the CEO of Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, on the hospital’s inability to subsidize the care of uninsured and Medicaid patients. Host: Kelly Spires