AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — The Texas Congressional Democratic Delegation says over half a million Texans have lost their Medicaid coverage over the past four months, and 81% of those individuals were wrongly removed.
Whistleblowers allege thousands of Texans were wrongfully denied Medicare coverage (KEYE)
They’re now demanding the federal government investigate and hold the state accountable for what they call grave failures.
This all unfolded after whistleblowers penned a three-page letter to the executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The letter explained how thousands of pregnant women, cancer patients and senior citizens are being denied care. The whistleblowers also stated the situation is taking a toll on their well-being and say they're “desperately seeking help that will address these issues.”
“We're always hearing about accountability for poor people. We're asking for accountability from the state of Texas,” said U.S Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin.
As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin said legislation was approved that gave additional federal dollars to Texas. In return the state was asked not to withdraw people from their Medicaid coverage at a time it was needed most.
“That emergency has ended, and the state has begun kicking people off Medicaid. It came to light that within the past few weeks about 100,000 of those people have been kicked off in error,” said Doggett.
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