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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David A. Lieb

Children getting wrongly dropped from Medicaid because of automation `glitch'

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Children in many states are being wrongly cut off from Medicaid because of a “glitch” in the automated systems being used in a massive eligibility review for the government-run health care program, a top Medicaid official said Wednesday.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is asking all states to review their computer-automated processes to make sure that children are evaluated separately from their parents — and aren't losing coverage merely because of their parents' ineligibility or inaction.

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