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News Articles: uninsured Americans

People line up outside a public assistance office in Missoula, Montana, before its doors open at 8 a.m., Oct. 27, 2023, to try to regain health coverage after being dropped from Medicaid, a government insurance program for people with low incomes and disabilities.

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  • Health

Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix-ups

Nearly 130,000 Montanans lost Medicaid coverage during recent eligibility reviews. People who are homeless are more likely to have chronic health issues and particularly vulnerable to losing coverage.

April 16, 2024
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By:
  • Aaron Bolton, MTPR
From left to right: Long COVID patients Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock continue to suffer from severe symptoms.

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  • Health

As pandemic emergencies end, some patients with long COVID feel 'swept under the rug'

Millions of Americans suffer from long COVID, which can have debilitating physical effects, including fatigue and difficulty breathing. Yet many patients feel abandoned, as federal aid winds down.

April 19, 2023
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By:
  • Jackie Fortier
Tennessee's Medicaid program, TennCare, dropped Katie Lester and her son Mason (right), because of a clerical error in 2019. The Lester family was left uninsured for most of the next three years, including during the birth of youngest child Memphis (left).

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  • Health Care

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to a pasture, signaling the mess to come

Tennessee expects to soon disenroll about 300,000 people from Medicaid. But families like the Lesters have been entangled in bureaucracy and clerical mistakes, causing them to unfairly lose coverage.

August 02, 2022
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By:
  • Brett Kelman
When Angela Settles' husband, Darius, got sick with COVID-19, he was worried about medical bills. He worked two jobs but had no health insurance.

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  • Health

Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them

The CARES Act provides funds to pay medical bills for uninsured COVID-19 patients. But a young man's death in Nashville, Tenn., shows people often don't know about the program until it's too late.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Blake Farmer
A road sign for a nearby hospital along a rural road outside Sandwich, Ill., in April.

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  • Health

Getting Health Care Was Already Tough In Rural Areas. The Pandemic Has Made It Worse

One in four rural households report being unable to get medical care for serious problems, due to the pandemic, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard.

October 07, 2020
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By:
  • Will Stone

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