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Fortune
Cynthia A. Fisher

15 million Americans are about to be thrown off Medicaid rolls–and fall victim to extortionate hospital pricing

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The predatory American healthcare system is about to encounter new prey in the form of millions of families thrown off Medicaid rolls.

Medicaid participation has swelled by approximately 30% to nearly 100 million Americans due to the March 2020 COVID-19 federal relief package that prevented states from kicking ineligible recipients off the program. On Mar. 31, that coverage protection came to an end.

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