The Louisiana Department of Health announces 30,000 individuals have been removed from the Medicaid program, because they make too much money. LDH spokesperson Robert Johannessen says the people that lost their taxpayer funded health insurance are working adults, who have experienced a rise in income.
“Maybe they join the workforce after they were unemployed or perhaps they got a better job and their income increased,” said Johannessen.
Johannessen says 40,000 Medicaid enrollees were informed in February they could lose their insurance coverage, unless they could show that they still met the program’s income requirements.
“Of Those 40,000, about 70% were found to date earned too much and they are no longer eligible for Medicaid,” said Johannessen.
Johannessen says the state has a new computer system that can conduct eligibility checks every quarter, instead of every year and it also uses more wage data.
“We have a better picture, a clearer picture, a more robust picture of those who are eligible,” said Johannessen.
