As states race to implement Medicaid work requirements, they are discovering that the distance between policy language and human reality is vast and consequential. A cancer survivor lost her disability coverage not because she recovered, but because the machinery built to evaluate her condition could not keep pace with her circumstances. This moment belongs to a longer story about what societies owe their most vulnerable members — and how easily bureaucratic systems, even well-intentioned ones, can fail the people they were designed to protect.
Cancer Survivor Loses Medicaid Coverage While Seeking Work
A cancer survivor lost Medicaid disability coverage, jeopardizing her health insurance access despite her serious medical condition.
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