Health department hires D.C. firm to lobby for Medicaid relief

(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has brought in the Washington lobbying firm of Patton Boggs to help try to convince Congress to give Louisiana a break from a costly change in the Medicaid match rate.

Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine says the firm was hired by the private LRA Support Foundation.


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