About a quarter of LCMC Health’s patients rely on Medicaid, and many may lose coverage. The system is looking at new ways to engage patients and help them navigate the challenge.
Millions of Americans are projected to lose coverage due to Medicaid cuts in the coming years, and Louisiana is one of the states that is expected to be among the most heavily affected.
Louisiana expanded its Medicaid in 2016, enabling hundreds of thousands of residents to get coverage. But the tax package approved by President Trump and Congress in July changes how Medicaid programs are financed. As many as 10 million Americans are expected to lose coverage, according to the Congressional Budget Office…