Congressman Greg Casar | Official U.S. House headshot
Congressman Greg Casar | Official U.S. House headshot
WASHINGTON – On August 22, Congressmen Greg Casar (TX-35) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), together with the entire Texas Democratic delegation, urged the Biden Administration to quickly intervene and pause the state of Texas’s Medicaid redetermination process, ensuring the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) comes into full compliance with federal Medicaid requirements.
The letter is in response to a recent whistleblower report from HHSC staff detailing several concerns and violations occurring in the Medicaid redetermination process, including the erroneous termination of Medicaid coverage for nearly 100,000 Texans.
In 2021, 5.2 million Texans were uninsured, giving the state the worst uninsured rate in the nation.
A third round of redetermination notices is scheduled to be sent September 9th to children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities receiving Medicaid. In order to protect these vulnerable beneficiaries from an unnecessary and catastrophic loss of coverage, the Members urged federal intervention and a pause to correct Texas’s faulty redeterminations system.
“Many of these individuals likely remain eligible for Medicaid, yet due to a faulty system and difficulty navigating complex, bureaucratic red tape, most will likely lose their health care…” the members wrote. “At a minimum, Texas must meet federal program requirements and mitigate unnecessary coverage losses.”
The full letter is available here.
Original source can be found here.
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