Why are Medicaid wait times so long? Feds raise concerns as millions dropped from coverage

Millions of Medicaid recipients face the potential loss of health coverage, and federal officials are concerned long help center call wait times may be contributing to the surge. Well over 4 million people have been dropped from Medicaid rolls nationwide since a pandemic-era moratorium on removing people ended this spring. That's prompted an influx of calls to state Medicaid help centers.

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