New taxes on hospitals are spurring legal challenges and could lead to higher prices for patients

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Though hospitals have no way to pass along the cost of higher state taxes to patients in the short term, Louisiana Hospital Association President and CEO Paul Salles says higher prices will eventually come if the taxes are left in place. Photography by Brian Baiamonte During the chaotic final moments of this year’s first special legislative

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