Health care has been a frequent topic of discussion in Congress this year, with many contentious debates about the future of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. But while lawmakers were discussing ...

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - New figures show that during a 30 minute newscast, 45 American babies will enter the world without health insurance. In Louisiana, there is a program that provides healthcare ...

Income limits for Medicaid vary by state and by program, although, they are often based on a percentage of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Healthy Louisiana, the state's Medicaid expansion program, ...

Healthcare overhaul...that's what will happen to the Louisiana's Medicare and LaCHIP programs. The public healthcare assistance programs are contracting out to private corporations. Five Bayou Health ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana's health department is starting its annual back-to-school campaign to encourage enrollment in public health insurance programs for children. The enrollment drive ...

In many measures of well-being, Louisiana ranks dead last or in the bottom few. But not all. "Not when it comes to Medicaid. We're the poster child," says Sharon Pomeroy, director of Covering Kids and ...

An estimated 9,000 additional uninsured Louisiana children will be eligible to sign up for state health care benefits over the next year through an expansion of the Louisiana Children's Health ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The state's health and education departments are teaming up to find the estimated 77,000 Louisiana children who are eligible for free health insurance but don't have it. The ...

On Nov. 3, roughly 62% of Louisianians voted in favor of Constitutional Amendment 1, which adds the following language to Louisiana’s constitution: “to protect human life, a right to abortion and the ...

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amerigroup Louisiana and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, two of the state’s premier health care benefit plans, have signed a definitive agreement to pursue ...