By: Julie O'Donoghue - June 26, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Gov. Jeff Landry struck language from the Louisiana budget plan that could have provided state employees and public school teachers with insurance coverage for popular weight-loss medication over the next year.
The governor does not think the state would be able to cover the cost for the obesity drugs on a long-term basis.
Our Lady of the Lake Health shared that Newsweek has named Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center as one of the ‘World’s Best Hospitals’ for 2025.
“This prestigious honor is a testament to the skill, commitment and heart that our team members bring to every patient, at every moment,” said Chuck Spicer, president of Our Lady of the Lake Health. “It’s because of our dedicated team members that we continue to set the standard for excellence in healthcare in Louisiana and live out our faith-based mission.”
By: Dianne Marie Normand Hartley
In a Monday press conference billed as “Secretary Kennedy, Administrator Oz to Host Press Conference to Discuss Groundbreaking Health Insurance Reform,” the topic was prior authorizations.
We won’t go into the weeds—you’ve heard it all before. In 2018. In 2023. And now again in 2025.
We weren’t in the room, but I imagine insurance executives were thrilled. Something along the lines of: “Thanks for not regulating us—of course we’ll begin to monitor ourselves. They’re starting to pop us out there.”
By: Delaney Nolan - Sunday June 22, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
NEW ORLEANS – Every morning, to avoid getting sick, Jessica Baudean must take a long trip across the Mississippi. Baudean, who is disabled, lived in a tent near Tchoupitoulas Street until she received housing support in 2022, and now lives with her partner in an apartment in Avondale.
By: Wesley Muller - June 19, 2025 Louisiana Illuminator
Scientists at Southeastern Louisiana University have found dangerously high levels of toxic metals and other contaminants in Lake Maurepas and have traced most of the pollution to industrial and other human activities.
