A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On.

A Deloitte-run system denied Medicaid benefits for Michigan’s disabled. Now Trump’s law piles on

Marie Noon takes eight medications a day. One keeps her heart rate from spiking to avoid a stroke. One prevents debilitating headaches. Another ensures she doesn’t retain excess fluid. More than a decade ago, Noon said, she was diagnosed with…

A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan’s Disabled. Now Trump’s Law Piles On.

Marie Noon takes eight medications a day. One keeps her heart rate from spiking to avoid a stroke. One prevents debilitating headaches. Another ensures she doesn’t retain excess fluid. More than a decade ago, Noon said, she was diagnosed with adult-onset Still’s disease, a rare type of inflammatory arthritis that can cause rashes, debilitating pain, and fevers. The disease upended her life. She had been living a typical suburban life in Michigan…

Medicaid Denials Hit Disabled Americans as $768 Million Deloitte Systems Fail, Investigation Finds

Disabled Americans are being wrongly denied Medicaid coverage by error-prone eligibility software that Deloitte has operated in Michigan under contracts worth roughly $768 million (£572 million) since 2006, an investigation published Monday has found. Michigan's system incorrectly steered people with disabilities into skimpier benefits or rejected their coverage entirely, according to the investigation. At least 25 states have hired the consulti…

Deloitte-run systems denied Medicaid to disabled people. New laws could make it worse

Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now, changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.

Disabled patients face Medicaid denials as IT systems falter, KFF Health News reports

KFF Health News reported that complex computer systems that determine Medicaid eligibility have long had errors and are being overwhelmed by changes to comply with a Trump-era law.