Louisiana’s New Governor Signs an Order to Expand Medicaid
on Tue, 2016-01-12 00:00 lisabeth
On Tuesday, his second day in office, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order expanding Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, fulfilling a campaign promise that will expand health coverage to hundreds of thousands of people in one of the nation’s poorest states.
News Author:
Richard Fausset
Abby Goodnough
Links:
[1] http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/medicaid/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/us/louisianas-new-governor-signs-an-order-to-expand-medicaid.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=25215587&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_urqQ63GGuZ-CuR59sbBnowGw5xbZEzvNl_gDo2xkJ5azP2IsHrezME_b_KjzJsD59eaWq2_uSznaNaTKVdjR1Xflb5w&_hsmi=25215587