Medicaid

Louisiana Governor-Elect Jeff Landry has named the state Health Department leadership team. Two are Acadiana natives, one from Lafayette and one from Crowley.

The man is wanted for several high-profile fraud schemes.

Aprill Foulcard has once again run afoul of the law. It's the former Mayor's third arrest in the past five years.

How many in Louisiana are on Medicaid and what's the cost? WalletHub takes a close look and finds we're near the top.

If you qualify for SNAP, Medicaid, or unemployment benefits you might be eligible for free internet service on your smartphone.

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Daniel Erspamer of the Pelican Institute talks about the state's Medicaid expansion, the increased cost to taxpayers and the lack of effort to limit fraud and abuse.

DHH Secretary Dr. Rebekah Gee says people aren't going to be asked to pay the money back.

If you receive one of these denial letters, and would like to dispute it, you need to reply fight away or risk losing your health coverage on March 31st.

Senator John Kennedy talks about the recent audit that showed millions of dollars in state Medicaid fraud and efforts to renew federal flood insurance legislation.

Sen. John Kennedy sent a letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards about implementing a work requirement for Medicaid recipients.

It's one of several amendments Kennedy filed as the debate continues over an effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The number of people who have signed up for Louisiana's Medicaid expansion program continues to grow, surpassing 300,000.

Louisiana is the first state in the Deep South to expand its Medicaid program under the health law championed by President Obama.

State health department officials are hoping to gain federal approval for their plan to use food stamp data.

To rebalance this year's budget, Gov. John Bel Edwards is levying all of a $70 million spending reduction on the state health department and sparing Louisiana's public colleges.

Exactly how will Medicaid Expansion work and who's going to pay for it? Those are question Fred Mills and his committee are trying to answer.

President Barack Obama will be in Baton Rouge Thursday morning to discuss healthcare, jobs, and early childhood education.

On Gov. John Bel Edwards' first full day in office, he starts paving the way to expand the state's Medicaid involvement.

Nearly one in four citizens of Louisiana suffers with some form of it yet our state is failing to provide adequate care for those who need it.