medicaid

When it comes to certain weight loss drugs, Louisiana has a high rate of patients using one of the most popular drugs out there.

21 people rounded up as part of a national medicaid fraud sweep.

Daniel Erspamer of the Pelican Institute talks about the state's Medicaid expansion, the increased cost to taxpayers and the lack of effort to limit fraud and abuse.

Senator John Kennedy talks about the recent audit that showed millions of dollars in state Medicaid fraud and efforts to renew federal flood insurance legislation.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry talks about his decision to run for reelection and the state's growing Medicaid fraud.

When he arrives in Baton Rouge later today, he will be meeting with local business owners to have a conversation about health care, jobs and the economy.

A new audit says Louisiana paid nearly $1.9 million last year through the state's privatized Medicaid programs for 1,727 people who had died.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing to cut Medicare home health funding by 3.5% each year from 2014 to 2017. Former Louisiana U.S. Congressman Billy Tauzin, who's part of the Senior Council at the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare, says that would be catastrophic.

March 1st is a big day in Washington: it is Sequestration Day.  It is part two of the fiscal cliff debate.  Part one involved the nation's taxes and now part two involves the nation's spending.  If Congress does not come up with a spending cut plan by that date, automatic spending cuts would take effect, but the Louisiana representation in Washington says Barksdale may not be hurt...

Texas Governor Rick Perry is calling Medicaid a "failure,'' as he defends his decision to oppose any expansion of the program as part of the national health-care overhaul.