Senator Kirk, Congressional Delegation Members Ask Governor How State Will Verify Medicaid Eligibility

by Gary Kopycinski on November 21, 2013

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Republican members of the Illinois Congressional delegation today wrote to Governor Patrick Quinn asking how the state will verify that those who self-report as Medicaid eligible through seeking Obamacare coverage will be verified as eligible. The letter followed the state’s announcement earlier this month that only 1,370 people had selected private plans and nearly 20,000 were deemed Medicaid eligible.