Medicaid expansion enrollment tops 326K people in Louisiana

Enrollment in Louisiana's expanded Medicaid program has topped 326,000, leaving the state just 50,000 shy of the goal it aims to reach by July.

The Louisiana Department of Health announced the updated enrollment figure on Thursday, as well as some key treatment numbers.

Of the newly covered population, nearly 25,000 people have already had preventive care visits with health care providers; 288 adults have been newly-diagnosed with diabetes; and 676 patients have been diagnosed with hypertension.

More than 1,600 adults have been screened for colon cancer – 393 of them having pre-cancer polyps removed and 22 diagnosed with cancer and now receiving treatment.

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