11:30 LRN Newscast March 1

A Princeton University study indicates that climate change is behind the phenomenon of back-to-back major hurricanes. Brooke Thorington has more…

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Good news for Louisiana’s te4ns of thousands of diabetes patients; drug manufacturer Eli Lilly says it’s cutting its insulin costs and capping them at $35-a-month for folks with health insurance or Medicare, and they offer a savings card for those that don’t. The move is in compliance with the federal Inflation Reduction Act.

 

COVID protections from the federal government end in April, which means Medicaid recipients will be reevaluated for eligibility. Louisiana’s Medicaid executive director Tara LeBlanc says they’ll begin mailing pink letters soon, and recipients must respond if they wish to remain enrolled and they’re still eligible…:

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Those who are removed from the program will receive information for alternative coverage.

Congressman Garret Graves says he met with Attorney General Jeff Landry as he moves closer to making a decision on whether to run for governor. He says the Sunday meeting lasted about 90 minutes, and he is close to ending the suspense…:

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Graves says many have told him they do not want Landry to be the governor.