Louisiana opens enrollment for 274,000 Medicaid recipients who must switch plans

By: Julie O'Donoghue

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 380

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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The Louisiana Department of Health opened a monthlong enrollment period Thursday for people in the Healthy Blue Medicaid program to switch to another plan for 2027. Enrollment will end Nov. 16.

Healthy Blue, offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana and Elevance Health, is pulling out of Louisiana’s Medicaid program at the end of the year. The plan’s 274,000 members must join one of the …

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