Medicaid

Louisiana’s Joint Budget Committee meets today to vote on two-year contract extensions for the state’s Medicaid-managed care organizations.“Why two years?…

With Medicaid one of the largest chunks of state budget spending, it’s no surprise some are honed in on curbing: “Fraud, waste, abuse in our Medicaid…

Yesterday we looked at state income, as part of Budget 101. Today we’ll look at the outgo.Where does Louisiana spend its $9-billion of State General Fund…

Nearly half the $29.7-billion proposed state budget is recommended for spending by Louisiana’s Department of Health.“Yes, it’s big, because we’re a poor…

Louisiana’s senior Senator, Republican Bill Cassidy, presented a possible replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act Monday. The Patient Freedom Act of…

“We didn’t need to create a doomsday budget. Governor Jindal did that for us.”Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne says even though citizens have…

Another undercover video was released by the Center for Medical Progress Tuesday, showing Melissa Farrell, research director with Planned Parenthood Gulf…

Is Republican House Speaker Chuck Kleckley calling for Medicaid expansion? No, that can’t be right. In the 2010 legislative session, Gov. Jindal signed…

The House Ways and Means Committee started working through several revenue-raising bills Monday, including one that would increase the cigarette tax.There…

The court ruled Tuesday that private Medicaid providers cannot sue to force states to raise reimbursement rates in the face of rising medical costs.