Governor Jindal and DHH Secretary Levine Announce "LA Health First," Effort to Create a Sustainable System of Quality Health Care Governor Bobby Jindal and DHH Secretary Alan Levine today announced details on "Louisiana Health First," an initiative to improve the health of the people in our state and create a financially sustainable system of quality health care. The initiative focuses on expanding health insurance coverage for our working poor and offering Medicaid consumers choices on insurance coverage rather than languishing in a government-imposed one-size-fits-all system. This initiative also works to reduce fraud and system abuse, ensure that providers are more involved in patient care, make the new charity hospital a competitive academic institution in New Orleans, reward providers for better health outcomes, and increase transparency in the Medicaid system by making performance measures available on the Internet.

Gov. Jindal Applauds US Labor Department Grant to Assist LA Workers Grant to provide workforce training, re-employment assistance The Louisiana Workforce Commission today was awarded a grant of up to $7.5 million by the US Labor Department to provide workforce training for jobs in the New Orleans area and re-employment services to 1,500 workers, which includes around 1,200 workers affected by permanent business closures and mass layoffs and another 300 long-term displaced workers impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.