Louisiana is one of 30 states with criminal penalties related to HIV exposure. Most were created in the 1980s during the AIDS ...

Bill Cassidy’s office in Metairie, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The group demonstrated in hopes of persuading Sen.

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

The state law gives Gov. Lamont "an enormous amount of negotiating leverage with the industry," Sen. Lesser said.

The bill includes new work rules for Medicaid recipients and would require them to verify their eligibility more frequently. It also would limit a financing strategy that states have used to boost ...

Montanans will have a chance this week to weigh in on the state's plan to add work requirements to its Medicaid expansion program, the first step in a long process to implement changes created in ...

Medicaid work requirements and other health care provisions in the bill ignore the reality of living in poorer rural communities, where people struggle to find the jobs, transportation and internet ...

Vice President JD Vance provided the tie-breaking vote to get Trump's bill across the finish line. It now must go back to the ...

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It appears that after an ignominious circus of Democrat dilatory tactics, bureaucratic meddling by staff and grandstanding from various elected egomaniacs, the Big Beautiful Bill will finally pass ...

GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million ...

WASHINGTON — Congress is on the verge of passing legislation that would require millions of Medicaid beneficiaries across the nation to prove they are working to receive benefits, posing a ...