Why 1 million children were kicked off Medicaid

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More than a million children were thrown off Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program coverage between December 2017 and June 2019, according to an analysis from The New York Times.

The 3% drop has been driven by several states adding cumbersome paperwork requirements and increasing fear among immigrants that enrolling their kids could lead to deportation.

A handful of states in particular experienced a spike in the rate of uninsured children: Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Idaho and Utah. The rise in the number of uninsured children was concentrated in a handful of states.

Government officials in states like Tennessee pointed to a robust economy where more people have been able to gain jobs with private health insurance as the reason for decreased Medicaid enrollment.

However, Tennessee and Texas have also imposed stricter administrative regulations and added paperwork for beneficiaries, which critics say only serves to boot eligible people from accessing public health coverage.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-1-million-children-were-kicked-off-medicaid/ar-AAJb3NZ?ocid=msn360

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1. Notice a common theme.

States controlled by hard right GOP ers. My take is,in the State of Utah,it is all about keeping people of color off state programs. As someone who worked part time for a short period of time in one of the Reddest Counties as a Intake Case Interviewer,bottom line,white people and folks from the One and Only Church get priority. Nuf said.

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2. I know someone

Who recently re-applied for Medicaid for their child. They give you ten days to complete and return the needed paperwork. By the time the forms to re-apply were received they had four days to return them. And now you have to get your boss to fill out a form showing your salary, how many hours you have worked,and how long you have been with the company. If they don't do it quickly enough or the have a problem with you getting benefits for your child, you are just SOL. It is none of an employer's business what benefits we receive .