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More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana Thursday

Source: https://wgrz.com/article/news/nation-now/more-than-30000-nursing-home-eviction-notices-to-be-sent-in-louisiana-thursday/465-8e10bcff-ab50-4ae6-a3bc-e11902ee4319 - May 8, 2018

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's Department of Health will begin sending nursing home eviction notices Thursday to more than 30,000 residents who could lose Medicaid under the budget passed by the state House of Representatives.

"The Louisiana Department of Health is beginning the process of notifying all impacted enrollees that some people may lose their Medicaid eligibility," Department of Health spokesman Bob Johannessen said. "The goal of the department is to give notice to all affected people as soon as possible in order

Gov. John Bel Edwards' staff has planned a press conference Wednesday for more details, a day before the notices are set to be mailed to 37,000 Medicaid recipients in nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.

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