It is Time to Create the State We Deserve

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It is Time to Create the State We Deserve

Rudy Gomez SSA Consultants Blueprint Louisiana
Project Manager
Health Care Presentation
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What is Blueprint?

• Citizen-driven effort
• Identify and implement essential changes to
  fundamentally improve Louisiana
• Nonpartisan
• Business and community leader support from
  throughout state

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Blueprints Mission

• Identify major challenges that limit Louisianas
  opportunity for long-term success
• Develop specific solutions to address these
  challenges
• Secure the necessary support to implement the
  solutions in the Legislature and the
  Administration

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Blueprint Reform Agenda

• Ethics and Governmental Reform
• PreK-12 Education
• Health Care
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Workforce Development
• Coastal Restoration/Hurricane Protection

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Blueprints Health Care Agenda includes six
  specific recommendations

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Redirect state funds for the uninsured from
  facilities to people

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Allow LSU to focus on high-quality medical
  education and research
• Up to four teaching hospitals

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Customize models of care for the uninsured at the
  regional level

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Expand coverage for low-income parents

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Maximize existing federal funds for medical
  education

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Provide First-Class Access to Health Care

• Enhance accountability in health care spending
  for the uninsured

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It is Time to Create the State We Deserve

• www.blueprintlouisiana.org