Thread: Federal immigration rules cost Kansas up to $1 million

Federal immigration rules cost Kansas up to $1 million




Associated Press - June 19, 2008 7:54 AM ET

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Federal rules aimed at catching illegal immigrants have cost Kansas up to $1 million and caused thousands of eligible Kansans to lose their health insurance.

Despite the cost, the rules led to the arrest of only one illegal immigrant, officials said Wednesday.

The federal rules implemented July 1, 2006, require Medicaid recipients to provide proof of citizenship.

That produced a logjam of processing current recipients and new applicants. Kansas Medicaid director Andy Allison said 20,000 eligible Kansans lost health insurance. And the state had to spend about $1 million to hire more personnel.






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That produced a logjam of processing current recipients and new applicants. Kansas Medicaid director Andy Allison said 20,000 eligible Kansans lost health insurance. And the state had to spend about $1 million to hire more personnel.
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I would like to know more about how 20 thousand eligible people lost their Medicaid insurance.

That is, I would like to know more about why these 20 thousand people could not prove that they were U.S. citizens.

Just a thought: Can you imagine the Medicaid cost if illegal immigrants were able to receive Medicaid in Kansas?

I bet that the cost would be much more than $1 million dollars.