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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTennessee Quietly Kicks 128,000 Kids Off Medicaid
By: Katelyn Kivel April 4, 2019
Are your kids insured? Parents in Tennessee might want to double-check.
Over the last two years, at least 128,000 kids have been removed from Medicaid coverage through TennCare or CoverKids, many without their parents knowledge.
What we are seeing now is massive numbers of people being dropped off the rolls with no notification, and they dont find out until they have a reason to use their insurance, said one healthcare professional. They are forced to determine what the health of their child is worth to them and if they can delay whatever attention they need until they get if they can get their insurance back.
One in every eight children in TennCare was disenrolled. If this was the result of an improving economy, officials argue, those kids would transition to CoverKids they havent. In fact, 39% of CoverKids recipients have been disenrolled.
Tens of thousands of those kids remain uninsured.
Over the last two years, at least 128,000 kids have been removed from Medicaid coverage through TennCare or CoverKids, many without their parents knowledge.
What we are seeing now is massive numbers of people being dropped off the rolls with no notification, and they dont find out until they have a reason to use their insurance, said one healthcare professional. They are forced to determine what the health of their child is worth to them and if they can delay whatever attention they need until they get if they can get their insurance back.
One in every eight children in TennCare was disenrolled. If this was the result of an improving economy, officials argue, those kids would transition to CoverKids they havent. In fact, 39% of CoverKids recipients have been disenrolled.
Tens of thousands of those kids remain uninsured.
https://gritpost.com/tennessee-kicks-kids-medicaid/
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Tennessee Quietly Kicks 128,000 Kids Off Medicaid (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Apr 2019
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MineralMan
(146,329 posts)1. Well, if they get sick, they can die at no cost, apparently.
That seems to be the fundamental health-care philosophy in Tennessee. One more reason to avoid that state, if you ask me.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. GOP "pro-life" in action
It makes me sick.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)3. They'll blame it on Obamacare
and a lot of them will believe it
Ohiogal
(32,055 posts)4. No notification whatsoever!
Cruel and crueler!
Pro-life, my ass.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)5. That's just evil.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)6. Totally!
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)7. Republicans want poor people to die in the gutter like in India.