Article archive / September 2019
Originally published: . Volume 10, No. 9. Source pages: 5.
Fewer Louisianans report they have to put off seeing a doctor or are unable to take their medications as prescribed thanks to Louisiana’s Medicaid expansion, according to a Tulane University study released July 31 by Gov. Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health. Among the results, the study found that the number of people who report they were unable to see a doctor in the past year due to cost dropped by 26.6% and emergency department visits per 1,000 Medicaid expansion enrollees decreased from 115 visits per month to 90 visits per month between 2016 and 2018.
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