The Kaiser Health News reported that \u201cthousands of families with a disabled or deceased parent\u201d were wrongly denied \u201cMedicaid coverage and others received less in premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies than they were eligible for\u201d because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services incorrectly included some children\u2019s Social Security benefits when calculating their families\u2019 modified adjusted gross income. Since acknowledging the error in March, the \u201cCMS has advised [health insurance] assisters to help consumers remedy the error by submitting an appeal to the federal marketplace or applying through healthcare.gov or the state for a Medicaid determination.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Kaiser Health News reported that \u201cthousands of families with a disabled or deceased parent\u201d were wrongly denied \u201cMedicaid coverage and others received less in premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies than they were eligible for\u201d because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services incorrectly included some children\u2019s Social Security benefits when calculating their families\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n