Initially, Louisiana dropped far more people, 258,000 individuals, from the Medicaid rolls, but 61,000 have already been allowed to rejoin the program. They still met the requirements despite ...

Of the total Medicaid population in Louisiana, about 1.2 million people are enrolled in conventional Medicaid. Another 440,000 people have enrolled under the expansion made possible by the 2010 ...

Host Bob Pavlovich spoke with two Louisiana Medicaid providers—Alice Riener, Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Care and Dr. Peggy Honoré—about how they've been preparing for potential cuts.

Overall, Louisiana’s Medicaid budget is largely dependent on federal funds. Of the $19 billion Landry has proposed spending on Medicaid next year, $14.2 billion would be expected to come from ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has a new state Medicaid director, who started the job Monday in the middle of the coronavirus epidemic. The state health department announced the hiring of ...

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 ...

The resolution comes in response to the U.S. House’s passage of what President Donald Trump calls the “Big Beautiful Bill” and the intent to cut Medicaid spending by billions of dollars. “Medicaid is ...

Initially, Louisiana removed 362,000 from the Medicaid rolls, but 87,000 have already been allowed to rejoin. They still meet the requirements for Medicaid, despite being initially cut from the ...