Various proposals had floated in the U.S. House that could have severely affected the state's health care system.

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

In June 2018 Arkansas became the first US state to implement work requirements ... income adults ages 19–64 in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas, 2016, 2018, and 2019. NOTES N = 8,661 ...

"Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has a lot of fraud, waste and abuse," House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana ... adds a more rigorous income verification process ...

They are leaning toward smaller changes such as adding work requirements ... s Medicaid payments to states or overhaul its method for paying them. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) ruled ...

Several Medicaid provisions were altered, with some expected to add to the coverage losses and cost savings. The package’s most consequential provision is instituting work requirements in ...

Among several sticking points is the timeframe over when new Medicaid work requirements would kick ... for Alaskans and fight cuts to the program. Louisiana, represented by Republican Sens.

According to the May 6-8 survey of 1,200 registered voters in 72 targeted congressional districts, 72 percent favored work requirements for able-bodied adults who receive Medicaid benefits and 68 ...

Louisiana, represented by Republican Sens. John Neely Kennedy and Bill Cassidy, also ranks in the top five states with the highest Medicaid and CHIP enrollment rates. For more CNN news and ...

The group also included Republican Freedom Caucus members Keith Self of Texas, Clay Higgins of Louisiana and Scott ... a faster start to new Medicaid work requirements. But the conservatives ...