The Delta region, which includes communities in both Louisiana and Mississippi, would suffer under the large health care cuts ...

President Trump's proposed bill has sparked concerns in Louisiana over potential Medicaid cuts and rural hospital closures, ...

More than half of the proposed federal savings — about $427 billion — would come from states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, including Louisiana.

“Last year, of the nearly 670,000 Louisiana children that received over $80 million in SUN Bucks benefits, only about 1,500 were determined eligible though the application process.

The Louisiana Department of Health could soon use artificial intelligence to root out fraud, waste and abuse in the state’s Medicaid program, a sign of Elon Musk’s continuing influence on ...

As of May 31, the new Medicaid forms HHS sent to Rep. Zabner include a voter registration application and said they are planning to release it "post August." ...

It’s not hard to guess what explains these lackluster numbers. Iowa’s Medicaid application form is 27 pages long. Many other states include a voter registration form in the packet.

Louisiana’s expanded Medicaid law, signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2016, gave coverage to adults earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level: $20,124 for a single person and $41,400 ...

Despite federal warnings to slow down, both red and blue states have cut off Medicaid coverage for nearly 4 million people because they lack the proper paperwork. In at least four states, half of all ...

If people return the forms and are found to be ineligible, states pass along their information to online insurance exchanges such as healthcare.gov. The exchanges will follow up with people and ...

If you believe a phone call, text, or visitor is a scam, hang up or close the door and call Louisiana Medicaid Customer Service at 1-888-342-6207. Click here to report a typo.

The Louisiana Department of Health’s estimate was slightly lower, with officials on Wednesday saying between 280,000 and 350,000 people will be taken out of Medicaid during that time period.