Many Louisiana Medicaid recipients may need to find new doctors as the state moves to end its MCO contract with UnitedHealthcare. More than 330,000 people enrolled in the plan will be required to switch to one of the state’s five remaining Medicaid providers by Jan. 1, WWL has learned.

The state had previously planned to drop Aetna, which covers about 157,000 residents, but the Louisiana Department of Health reversed that decision and will renew the contract, the health department said.

that the move is linked to an ongoing legal dispute. Attorney General Liz Murrill claims UnitedHealthcare has failed to fully cooperate with state requests for documents regarding how it manages prescription drug benefits.

“This is very simple—I expect a company that makes millions of dollars off the sta

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