That reliance is partly due to Louisiana’s high poverty rate and its decision to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care ...

Congressman Cleo Fields on Monday sharply criticized a newly passed federal bill, calling it damaging to Louisiana residents ...

B ATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A wide range of new Louisiana laws passed during the 2025 Regular Legislative Session will ...

Despite concerns surrounding the proposed federal healthcare legislation, no rural hospitals in Louisiana have closed, ...

Before Louisiana expanded Medicaid in 2016, DePaul Community Health Centers served about 20,000 patients, regardless of their ...

Despite warnings that the law criminalizes low-risk behaviors, the state remains one of just five that impose lengthy sex ...

In Louisiana, people depend on Medicaid more than almost anywhere else in the country, with about one-third of the state ...

While the new law brings deep cuts to Medicaid, it also set up a $50 billion fund for rural health care. Reynolds says ...

Doctors and advocates argue the bill could exacerbate existing healthcare disparities and lead to a wider public health ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry shakes the hand of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before a bill signing ceremony June 27, 2025, at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge.

Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation by: SARA CLINE and JACK BROOK, Associated Press Posted: Jun 12, 2025 / 08:36 PM CDT ...