About 69% of adults on Medicaid in Louisiana do work, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. A lot of people at risk of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who shepherded President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" through Congress, said Sunday that the ...

NEW ORLEANS — In your Breakdown: Republicans’ efforts to cut fraud and abuse of Medicaid could leave 190,000 Louisianans without health insurance. We’re talking about President Trump’s “one big, ...

Critics warn the changes could create hurdles for eligible individuals and remove vulnerable residents for paperwork or data ...

Louisiana's 2 million ... The massive Medicaid disenrollment is coming as COVID-19 pandemic protections expire and income eligibility requirements are reinstated. Democratic Gov.

Louisiana spent $14.8 billion in 2024 on Medicaid for 1.6 million residents participating in either the traditional Medicaid program for low-income ... could attach work requirements to federal ...

HOW DOES SPENDING DOWN AFFECT MEDICAL BILLS? Spending down to meet the income requirements for Medicaid means that Medicaid can cover some of your medical bills. But it won’t cover the bills you ...

More than 70 million Americans who are low-income or disabled have ... believes these work requirements are simply a tactic to shrink Medicaid enrollment. The Congressional Budget Office has ...