Months-long wait for Missouri Medicaid coverage is a sign of what's to come • Missouri Independent
Missouri had nearly 72,000 pending Medicaid applications at the end of February and was averaging 119 days to process one.
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Missouri had nearly 72,000 pending Medicaid applications at the end of February and was averaging 119 days to process one.
The pandemic has overwhelmed understaffed state Medicaid agencies, and as Biden's COVID-19 public health emergency declaration ends, low-income people could find it even harder to get coverage.
As the public health emergency ends, low-income people nationwide could find it even harder to have coverage.
After refusing to disclose federal watchdog reports, the Ohio Department of Medicaid last week claimed that the relevant information it "makes available to the public appears to include at least as much, if not more information."
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