Recent data shows 20 percent of Medicaid patients visit the ER 17 times a year for non-life threatening issues.

As GOP hardliners spent the weekend pushing party leaders to cut deeper into Medicaid in an effort to advance Donald Trump’s ...

In partnership with Acadian Health, the Louisiana Department of Health’s Medicaid program announces an emergency room (ER) ...

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, has advocated for the addition of a work requirement to Medicaid, which would ...

A Louisiana physician has been sentenced to 87 months (over 7 years) in federal prison for conspiring to illegally distribute ...

Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...

A NEW SET OF TARIFFS BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE EFFECT, AND THEY COULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE WAY YOU GET ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — In a contentious confirmation hearing to be the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about how he would reform Medicaid or ...

(The Hill) – State Medicaid programs across the country are reporting they’ve lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid.

Republican Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy of Louisiana referred all questions about Kennedy to his office, while GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine ...

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Jan 28, 2025 Jan 28, 2025 Updated Jan 28, 2025 Proposed changes in Congress to Medicaid laws, if implemented, would cost the state nearly half a billion dollars a year in lost federal grants ...