Healthy Louisiana
What is “Healthy Louisiana?”
Healthy Louisiana is the new name for Louisiana’s Medicaid program, and it replaces the Bayou Health program that debuted in 2011. Bayou Health referred to a framework of five managed care providers who are under contract with the state to manage the Medicaid program. Those companies will continue to manage care for the new Medicaid expansion program.
The name was chosen to better reflect the Medicaid program’s goal of improving health outcomes among all Louisianans, and was pitched as a catalyst of “reform” for the program by Edwards.
When will enrollment start?
DHH officials have already begun the process of moving people from two existing programs — Take Charge and the Greater New Orleans Community Health Connection (usually pronounced no-key) — into Medicaid. That will affect about 200,000 people who will not need to enroll.
For anyone not part of one of those programs, DHH will begin accepting applications June 1.
How do I know if I’m eligible?
Anyone with a household income below 138 percent of the federal poverty level will qualify for Medicaid expansion. For a single person, that means income below $16,243; for a family of four, that’s $33,465.
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