Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Medicaid and Medicare

Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirements Deny Coverage to Citizens and Cost Taxpayers Millions

Today Chairman Waxman released two new analyses -- one by GAO and one by the majority staff -- that examine the impact of the Medicaid citizenship documentation requirements that went into effect in 2006. The analyses show that the requirements have caused eligible U.S. citizens to lose Medicaid coverage and have not achieved the goal of saving taxpayers money.