"Millions of Poor Americans at Risk as Medicaid Reviews Loom"

Up to 30 million Americans could lose their Medicaid coverage due to error-ridden state reviews, with problems including long phone wait times, confusing forms, and wrongful terminations. Advocates fear that systemic issues are being ignored, and the Biden administration is not doing enough to address the problem. Many of those dropped from Medicaid may still qualify for coverage but have been removed for procedural reasons. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has not disclosed which states were paused or the reasons for the pause, and little information has been shared about the problems uncovered.