Num­ber of Med­ic­aid users in Louisiana drops

Number of Medicaid users in Louisiana drops

(The Cen­ter Square) – Reg­is­tra­tion for Med­ic­aid in Louisiana dropped 18.5% from about 2.1 mil­lion to 1.7 mil­lion over the last 12 months, accord­ing to a recent report.
More than two-thirds of non­re­newals were ter­mi­nat­ed for pro­ce­dur­al rea­sons, mean­ing reg­is­tra­tion forms incor­rect­ly com­plet­ed or not com­plet­ed. Across the Unit­ed States, about 1 in 3 Med­ic­aid enrollees nev­er com­plet­ed the renew­al process.
Med­ic­aid is health insur­ance pro­gram for low-income and peo­ple in need is paid with …