Administrative hurdles drive Medicaid losses during redeterminations

Arkansas removed more than 72,000 people from Medicaid in April, the first month states could begin trimming program rolls. People affected by this who believe they still qualify for coverage can provide the state with missing information to retain or restore benefits, an Arkansas Department of Health Services spokesperson wrote in an email.

In Florida, nearly 250,000 Medicaid enrollees lost coverage last month, more than 82.2% of them for…