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Thousands of West Virginians are coming off government health insurance programs as states snap back to Medicaid eligibility requirements that were in place before the covid-19 pandemic.
More than half were ruled ineligible not because they wouldn’t qualify, but instead because they haven’t completed their paperwork.
“Losing coverage presents a huge challenge for families and their children,” said Jim McKay, state coordinator of Prevent Child Abuse, West Virginia, a program of TEAM for West Virginia Children. “We know that access to Medicaid helps families access healthcare, substance use disorder treatment and postpartum services. It’s important for healthy births too.”
Medicaid is the joint federal and state program for some low-income people, families and children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with disabilities.
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