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'I just wanted to give up': Disabled patients face Medicaid denials from IT errors

Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.
Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trump's tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.

This article was originally published at: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/20/nx-s1-5896359/medicaid-dis...