17,000 Medicaid Patients Are Losing Their Health Care in Georgia

Governing: The state is terminating Medicaid assistance for about 17,000 poor elderly or disabled Georgians, it says, as lawyers for some of them call the move a giant mistake.

The state Department of Community Health said the 17,000 had simply not responded to renewal notices informing them how to continue their coverage. Patients interviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution say they never received renewal notices, and their lawyers say their clients' Georgia Gateway computer accounts show that no such notices were ever sent.

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