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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 9, 2021 

# Louisiana Regulators Crush Services for Special Needs Families 

Louisiana regulators have sharply limited competition in special-needs childcare because, well, it would make their jobs more difficult if they allowed it. Anastasia Boden of the Pacific Legal Foundation says that’s not a good enough reason.

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##### [Anastasia Boden](/people/anastasia-boden)

Constitutional Scholarship Director and Senior Legal Analyst, Pacific Legal Foundation

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute