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Auditors find Louisiana paid another $103 million for ineligible Medicaid recipients
The Louisiana Department of Health covered $103 million in ineligible Medicaid costs according to a newly-released audit ...
Louisiana senators trim private education vouchers, expand Medicaid budget
The Republican-led Louisiana Senate Finance Committee has removed public money meant to expand the use of private education ...
Auditors find the state paid another $103M for ineligible Medicaid recipients
The Louisiana Department of Health covered $103 million in ineligible Medicaid costs according to a newly-released audit ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson: People won't lose Medicaid 'unless they choose to'
The sweeping Republican tax-cut bill includes new requirements that are projected to remove millions from the Medicaid ...
'Right down the line': Medicaid reform in 'big, beautiful bill' divides lawmakers by party
Medicaid changes in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" have been met with a partisan division. The GOP defends the plan as needed reform, while Democrats blast it as a cut to social services.
Audit: $103 million lost due to Medicaid members living out of state
About two years ago, an audit found that millions of dollars were lost because the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) paid ...
Here's Where Medicaid Cuts Stand In Trump's Mega-Bill—Affecting More Than 7 Million Americans
64%. That’s the share of Medicaid recipients, ages 19-64, who already work, including 44% who work full-time, according to ...
Speaker Mike Johnson says some Medicaid recipients will 'choose' whether to lose healthcare under House spending bill
Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday defended cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill, saying, "People will not lose their Medicaid ...
Medicaid recipients without disabilities spend their time playing video games, watching TV: study
Medicaid recipients ages 19-64 who are capable of working and don’t have kids spend an average of 4.2 hours per day — or 126 hours every 30 days — just vegging out.
Mike Johnson defends Medicaid requirements in spending bill amid widespread concerns over cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday defended cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill, saying, "People will not lose their Medicaid ...
New York Democrats decry Trump plans for Medicaid
New York Democrats are criticizing a Republican-led budget package to implement President Donald Trump’s tax, defense and ...
In Arizona county that backed Trump, conflicted feelings about cutting Medicaid
Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, Debbie Cox knows plenty of people on ...