BOB PAVLOVICH: Alice, let's start with a little background. What do we know about the population who is on Medicaid in Louisiana? ALICE RIENER: So, there are 1.6 million individuals in ...

The percentage of people who report having Medicaid is 21% nationally, but ranges from 11% in Utah to 34% in New Mexico. In Louisiana, 31.9% have Medicaid — the second-highest rate of Medicaid ...

Louisiana Medicaid enrollment declined in June for the first time in the last year, with more than 3,000 falling off the rolls since May. That decline is expected to accelerate as Louisiana begins ...

“Her extensive background in operations, demonstrated fiscal responsibility and governmental relations will be an asset to Louisiana Medicaid,” Cindy Rives, the health department’s chief ...

Expanding Medicaid in Louisiana helped thousands of people get cancer treatment, colonoscopies and diabetes diagnoses. But it has yet to make even a dent in the state’s infant mortality crisis.

NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Illuminator) - Louisiana took 275,000 people off Medicaid from the end of June through December, as it complies with renewed federal standards for the government-backed ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — In your Breakdown: Congressmen from Louisiana are not in agreement on the future of Medicaid as lawmakers battle over budget cuts in Washington. Republicans in Congress are ...

Louisiana's 2 million Medicaid recipients will receive pink letters this week as the first warning of a nationwide Medicaid purge that could cause as many as 350,000 Louisianans to lose their ...