Louisiana to End Medicaid Contract with UnitedHealthcare Dec. 31

Louisiana to end Medicaid contract with UnitedHealthcare Dec. 31

LOUISIANA (KTAL/KMSS) — If you receive Medicaid through UnitedHealthcare of Louisiana, you will soon have another provider. Louisiana will end its Medicaid contract with UnitedHealthcare on December 31, affecting 330,700 residents. According to the Louisiana Illuminator, Seth Gold, the state's Medicaid director, sent brief letters to the CEOs of both Aetna Better Health of Louisiana [...]

Louisiana dropped a $4B Medicaid contract. It's part of a broader fight over drug prices.

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Ruth Jones, an immunization nurse, holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Borinquen Health Care Center on May 29, 2025, in Miami. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Several Louisiana senators and health care advocates are aghast at Gov. Jeff Landry administration’s decision to abruptly cancel a massive contract providing health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients.  “It’s unwarranted. It’s unnecessary and it…

LDH restores Aetna’s Medicaid contract

This story was first reported by Louisiana Illuminator and republished with permission. Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration partially pulled back on its plan to cancel two of the state’s six Medicaid contracts with private companies that provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Louisiana residents.The Louisiana Department of Health announced Tuesday morning it would end only one of its deals with a managed care organization instead of …