Latin Times12h
Louisiana Lawmaker Advocates for Adding Work Requirement to Medicaid: 'Best Way to Get on Your Feet Is to Get Off Your Ass'
Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, has advocated for the addition of a work requirement to Medicaid, which would ...
verywellhealth15d
The Medicaid Look Back Period Can Delay Nursing Home Coverage
About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...
The Hill17d
Advocates launch Medicaid defense
Liberal advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to protect the Medicaid program from potential cuts by Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration. The Democratic group Protect Our Care ...
The Washington Post18d
Democrats move to protect Medicaid, wary of Trump’s looming changes
Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential ... GOP lawmakers — including Sens. Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski ...
The Advocate18d
Live updates Jan. 21: Snow blankets Louisiana as winter storm rages. Here's the latest.
A winter storm system pummeled south Louisiana with frigid winds and freezing temperatures Tuesday as snow blanketed New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette. Snow started to fall before sunrise ...
NOLA.com18d
Causeway bridge closed as ice forms near south end, snow blankets Louisiana
Don't even try to cross the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway today. The bridge was closed after 7 a.m. Tuesday and will remain "closed for the duration" of the day, Causeway General Manager Carlton ...
The Shreveport Times18d
Gov. Jeff Landry says Louisiana faces crippling snow storm from New Orleans to Baton Rouge
Southern Louisiana can expect a winter weather event the likes of which hasn't been seen since the 1960s with snow accumulations creating "crippling" travel conditions along the Interstate 10 and ...
Associated Press21d
Louisiana governor to fly MAGA flag for Trump’s inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican governors, including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, left, and Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 9 ...
NPR21d
Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future
Republicans in Congress have begun discussing possible changes to Medicaid — the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans that covers 80 million people. Those ...
Modern Healthcare21d
Republicans outline trillions in healthcare cuts
The overarching theme of the policy outline is to significantly scale back federal spending, including on Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable ... access to alternative forms of coverage, such ...
McKnight's Senior Living22d
CMS announces updated Medicaid eligibility standards for 2025
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday released an informational bulletin with updated federal poverty level standards applied to eligibility criteria for Medicaid. The 2025 guidelines ...