Advocates Say Administration Slow To Act On Medicaid

WASHINGTON (AP) — Error-ridden state reviews have purged millions of the poorest Americans from the Medicaid program in recent months. Now, poverty experts are questioning if the Biden administration is doing enough to stop states from wrongly removing people from the government health care program. Estimates show as many as 30 million people could be dropped from Medicaid at some point as states finish reviewing their Medicaid rolls over the next year. Advocates interviewed around the country say problems with the government forms, websites and phone lines in states like Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Arkansas have led to the high number of people losing Medicaid.