(The Center Square) - The chairman of the Democratic Party of Arkansas criticized the removal of thousands of people from the state's Medicaid rolls because they were unreachable.
The Arkansas Department of Human Services removed 427,459 people from the Medicaid rolls in the past six months, DHS Spokesman Gavin Lesnick told The Center Square.The most common reason for disenrollment in September was failure to return the renewal form. Over 21,600 people were disenrolled for this reason, according to the DHS report.
More from this section De Queen teacher named Arkansas Teacher of the Year Of the cases closed in September, 10,729 were enrolled in ARKids, the state's Medicaid plan for children, and 6,714 were listed as newborns.
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