No state has botched Medicaid renewals in 2023 quite like Texas. Since April, when the pandemic-era protections ensuring ongoing coverage for families on Medicaid ended, the state has removed more than 800,000 Texans–mostly children–off Medicaid due to red tape and paperwork issues, without verifying their continued eligibility. Advocates and staff at Texas Health & Human Services (HHSC) know the vast majority of these Texans are still eligible. More people have lost coverage in Texas– in total and as a percentage of Medicaid enrollment–than any other state. In this mass purging of eligible children, Texas is harming people, clinics, hospitals, schools,[...]
No state has botched Medicaid renewals in 2023 quite like Texas. Since April, when the pandemic-era protections ensuring ongoing coverage for families on Medicaid ended, the state has removed more than 800,000 Texans–mostly children–off Medicaid due to red tape and paperwork issues, without verifying their continued eligibility. Advocates and staff at Texas Health & Human Services (HHSC) know the vast majority of these Texans are still eligible. More people have lost coverage in Texas– in total and as a percentage of Medicaid enrollment–than any other state. In this mass purging of eligible children, Texas is harming people, clinics, hospitals, schools,[...]
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