Louisiana expanded Medicaid on July 1, one of just a handful of southern states to take this option under health reform. Louisiana has already enrolled a quarter-million new people in Medicaid, which underscores the state's unmet need for health care coverage. It also speaks to the unmet need in the region generally. Nearly 90 percent of low-income uninsured Americans who don't have access to Medicaid coverage because their state hasn't expanded live in the South.
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