American media: Millions of children in the United States may lose their medical benefits for no reason due to system malfunctions | eligibility | subsidies
On August 31st, according to foreign media reports, federal authorities in the United States warned on the 30th that in recent months, millions of children may have been mistakenly removed from Medicaid programs in many states due to "malfunctions" in the automation systems used in qualification checks.
The US media reported that during the COVID-19 epidemic, the US government had formulated a policy to prohibit states from terminating people's medical subsidy plans, but the policy ended in the spring of 2023. Therefore, starting from the spring of 2023, all states are undertaking a large-scale effort to determine which individuals are still eligible for the Medicaid program.
It is reported that each state will first use computer programs to review household income information and automatically update Medicaid plans. If automatic renewal is not passed, states will send notifications to families requesting people to verify their eligibility information. If no response is received from the family, they will be excluded from the Medicaid program.
According to ABC, officials from the Federal Medical Insurance and Medicaid Service in the United States have stated that technical errors may be the reason many people are being excluded. Because this review process is conducted on a household basis, all family members will be excluded if no response is received,
The official stated that this issue is "a very specific system malfunction that has a significant impact on eligible children and families maintaining medical subsidies.".
According to The New York Times, a spokesperson for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the United States subsequently stated that more than ten states have been affected by this issue.
Researchers have found that at least one million children have lost their medical benefits in the review process.
According to ABC, the Federal Medical Insurance and Medicaid Service Center requires all states to review their eligibility review systems to ensure that children are evaluated separately from their parents and that insurance is not lost solely due to parental incompetence or inaction, while restoring Medicaid to excluded individuals until this issue is resolved.
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