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Louisiana Medicaid set to grow under Landry, even as D.C. may force cuts
Louisiana’s heath care budget is set to increase almost $1.5 billion next fiscal year under the spending plan Landry unveiled ...
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Louisiana providers brace for potential Medicaid cuts under Trump administration
Host Bob Pavlovich spoke with two Louisiana Medicaid providers—Alice Riener, Chief Executive Officer of Crescent Care and Dr.
In rural Louisiana, Speaker Mike Johnson’s constituents fear potential Medicaid cuts
In House Speaker Mike Johnson’s backyard, many residents rely on anti-poverty programs to help make ends meet — and are pleading with the Louisiana Republican to protect those benefits as Congress ...
The Advocate20d
Louisiana health department failed to oversee parts of state Medicaid program, audit says
The state ranked 49th in health outcomes when the program went into effect in 2019 and has since slipped to 50th. Federal and state Medicaid funding in Louisiana was nearly $15 billion in 2024.
Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch
March deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, and hesitation is surfacing among congressional Republicans about ...
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Audit finds pregnancy care is getting worse in Louisiana, despite more spending and attention
A state audit found that many pregnant Medicaid patients in Louisiana can’t get prenatal or postpartum care due to doctor ...
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Louisiana Medicaid set to grow under Landry, even as D.C. may force cuts
Required costsThe six private health insurance companies that run most of Louisiana’s Medicaid program said they had more money because their Medicaid enrollees used more expensive health care ...
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Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch.
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON — Every time a baby is born in Louisiana ... critics of lofty government social welfare programs such as Medicaid — who say that deep cuts to the ...