Recent data shows 20 percent of Medicaid patients visit the ER 17 times a year for non-life threatening issues.

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, has advocated for the addition of a work requirement to Medicaid, which would ...

As GOP hardliners spent the weekend pushing party leaders to cut deeper into Medicaid in an effort to advance Donald Trump’s ...

"Do you think all that money, the $900 billion we're sending to Medicaid every year, has made Americans healthy?" Kennedy ...

As the United States has seen a decrease in the labor force participation rate since 2000, the number of able-bodied adults ...

Louisiana doctor Adrian Talbot sentenced to 87 months for distributing opioids and committing health care fraud.

While Democrats blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for previous comments on vaccines and some Republicans teed him up for stump ...

A Louisiana physician has been sentenced to 87 months (over 7 years) in federal prison for conspiring to illegally distribute ...

Louisiana Department of Health’s Medicaid program announces an emergency room (ER) utilization reduction pilot program launching this month across the 12 parishes comprising Region 4 (Acadiana) and ...

The Republican Party is eyeing sweeping cuts to Medicaid, a program that the poorest Americans rely on for health care, to finance President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and plans for mass deportation.

Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan Collins (Maine ... “What we’re focused on are those members who come from states with large Medicaid populations, and who should have the guts to stand up ...

"Do you think all that money, the $900 billion we're sending to Medicaid every year, has made Americans healthy?" Kennedy said. When quizzed by Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and a ...