Healthcare fraud is prevalent within state Medicaid programs due to the massive amounts of money flowing through the system. In Louisiana, the ...

Christina Martin, an advocacy leader for Louisiana Developmental Disability Council's Advocacy Network, relies on Medicaid ...

The stakes are particularly high for Louisiana, which has one of the highest per-capita percentages of residents on Medicaid ...

Every time a baby is born in Louisiana, where Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson handily won reelection last year, there’s ...

Louisiana’s reliance on federal funds for half of the state budget leaves it vulnerable as President Donald Trump and ...

To preserve tax cuts passed in President Donald Trump’s previous term, the Republican-controlled House last week passed a ...

Medicaid provides health insurance coverage to 72 million Americans, including millions of children, and is a vital safety ...

Ahead of the scheduled vote today, critics of the budget have warned that should the budget get approved, it would result in ...

“We’re not going to touch it. Now, we are going to look for fraud,” Trump said Wednesday when asked about Medicaid. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) echoed that goal. Democrats are ...

In its 60 years, Medicaid has swelled from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance. It covers 72 million ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Every time a baby is born in Louisiana, where Republican House ... 60% chance taxpayers will finance the birth through Medicaid. In Republican Rep. David Valadao ’s central ...