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• Medicaid expansion enrollment to begin in June Play Video

  April 18, 2016 1:11 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor John Bel Edwards announced that enrollment for Medicaid expansion will begin on June 1. Edwards testified before the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare’s oversight hearing on the issue. During the hearing, Edwards and Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, discussed... more »

• State demands answers from water company over unhealthy amount of chemicals Play Video

  March 29, 2016 5:21 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE- State health leaders had strong words today for People's Water in Donaldsonville. "We don't have a trust at this point," Dr. Jimmy Guidry said. "In order to build that trust they have to do their job, and we have to check and make sure they're doing their job." The... more »