Staying on Medicaid seems tougher than it should be
We take our first look at Medicaid— the big, federally-funded health insurance program for folks with lower incomes— for two reasons:
First, it’s a huge part of our health-care system. Medicaid covers a quarter of all Americans, and four in ten children.
Second, it’s timely: In the last year, more than 20 million people have lost Medicaid — even though there’s evidence to suggest a lot of those people probably still qualify.
More than two-thirds have been dropped for “procedural reasons” — basically, missing paperwork.
Of folks who’ve been dropped, 70 percent have ended up either uninsured…
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