President Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill on Friday. One of the things that bill dies is to reform Medicaid. Medicaid was originally designed for the po'folks, those who live below the poverty level. So, lets do a little math.
Louisiana has approximately 4.6 million residents. Approximately 18.9% are under the poverty line. By that metric alone, we should have about 869,000 on Medica. With the Medicaid expansion under out last governor, we have about 1.5 million currently enrolled. These are government figures, I didn't make them up, but it shows that Louisiana needs to do a better job getting people out of poverty. And, it shows that there are a whole lot of people on Medicaid who aren't poverty stricken.
Other states have the same problem. New Mexico, for example, has about 2.13 million residents, with about 375, 000 at the poverty line. Their Medicaid enrollment is just over 985,000. These figures are a quick Google, but probably pretty accurate. New Mexico is a deep blue state, which might explain some things, but the Medicare enrollment is over twice the poverty rate.
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