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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
November 02, 2009 DHH Releases Projected FY 2010 Medicaid Expenditure Forecast Report and Plan for Reductions and Fund Shifts
BATON ROUGE, - The Department of Health released today its Louisiana Medicaid Expenditure Forecast Report, as well as the Department’s plan for reductions and fund shifts. LDH officials will address the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget at the State Capitol tomorrow beginning at 9 a.m.
Please see the attached letter from LDH Undersecretary Charles Castille to Legislative leadership and the FY 2010 Medicaid Expenditure Forecast report.
The Louisiana Department of Health strives to protect and promote health statewide and to ensure access to medical, preventive and rehabilitative services for all state citizens. To learn more about LDH, visit http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov.
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