[Updated 6/3, at bottom]
Yesterday, as Louisiana opened enrollment for those newly eligible for its Medicaid expansion, effective July 1, I noted that probably about 65,000 of the state's enrollees in subsidized private health plans via HealthCare.gov will be newly eligible. Also noted, via Charles Gaba: Governor John Bel Edwards claimed that 175,000 people were already enrolled as of yesterday.
Yesterday, as Louisiana opened enrollment for those newly eligible for its Medicaid expansion, effective July 1, I noted that probably about 65,000 of the state's enrollees in subsidized private health plans via HealthCare.gov will be newly eligible. Also noted, via Charles Gaba: Governor John Bel Edwards claimed that 175,000 people were already enrolled as of yesterday.
Via contact with Louisiana's Dept. of Health & Hospitals, a few clarifying points:
1. Virtually all of those enrolled as of yesterday, a total of 189,000 by day's end, were transfers from existing limited-benefit public plans. These include 132,000 enrollees in Take Charge Plus, a program focused mainly on family planning, along with a few free office visits; and 56,000 from the Greater New Orleans Health Connection (GNOHC), a no-cost primary care program for low income people in the greater New Orleans area. GNOHC does not provide drug or hospital coverage.
