No changes planned for Louisiana Medicaid deal extensions

BATON ROUGE - Despite pushback from House Republicans, Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration isn't making changes to contract extensions sought for companies that manage care for 1.5 million Medicaid patients.The health department is presenting the same contract terms to lawmakers for consideration Friday that already were rejected by House GOP lawmakers this month. The Democratic administration instead hopes more education about changes it has already made to the deals will help sway votes.Hea