State sees decline in number of Medicaid recipients

State sees decline in number of Medicaid recipients
State sees decline in number of Medicaid recipients

PAR Snapshot

Louisiana Medicaid enrollment has fallen to pre-pandemic levels after more than 400,000 people were removed from the taxpayer financed health insurance program over the last two years.

A congressional aid package passed during the COVID-19 pandemic prohibited states that accepted increased federal financing for Medicaid from removing people from the rolls, even if they were no longer el…