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 ...

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

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

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

Despite concerns surrounding the proposed federal healthcare legislation, no rural hospitals in Louisiana have closed, according to Jeff Reynolds, executive director of the Louisiana Rural Hospital ...

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.

The Louisiana Legislature passed two bills that pave the way for a system in which Louisianans will only need to visit one agency to access benefits like SNAP (food stamps) or TANF, officials say.

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

The Louisiana Legislature passed a bill to shield Louisiana's nursing homes from lawsuits, despite poor performance measures from state nursing homes and backlash from advocates for the elderly.

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 ...

Democrats are using a Louisiana town hall to preview one of their main strategies for attempting to retake the U.S. House next year, ripping into the health care changes in the just-passed ...