Louisiana drops 107,000 people from Medicaid during disenrollment process

Chenita LeBlanc, a program manager with DePaul Community Health Center, holds a flyer for Louisiana Medicaid members in May. (Michelle Liu/Verite)
By Julie O’Donoghue-Louisiana Illuminator Louisiana pulled Medicaid coverage from almost 107,000 residents over the first two months of the program’s massive disenrollment process, but state health officials have previously said many of those people may only be cut temporarily. Almost 51,000 people were removed from Medicaid at the end of June and 56,000 people were dropped at the end of July,…

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