Louisiana’s Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications

A year after the measure’s passage, a state law is keeping immigrants and their children from accessing Medicaid even when they qualify.

By: Halle Parker, Verite News

Outlets: KFF Health News

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 1,621

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Yolibeth’s 4-year-old daughter scrambled headfirst onto a cushy leather love seat at their home near New Orleans and pushed a hairbrush into the hands of Miriam Romero, a health coordinator who works with the family. Romero placed the girl in her lap and started brushing her dark hair.

Yolibeth, a 38-year-old single mother who moved to South Louisiana from Honduras 15 years ago, watched them, smiling. The daughter is the youngest of five children living …

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