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In mid-May, Mandi Rokx had a 3-month-old baby and a letter from a Florida agency warning that they both would be cut from Medicaid, the health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities.
Under a Florida law passed in 2021, Rokx was supposed to receive 12 months of continuous coverage after giving birth. But the letter from Florida’s Department of Children and Families said their coverage would end May 31.
The explanation: “You failed to complete or follow through with your Medicaid renewal.”
Rokx said she didn’t understand why the state was cutting coverage. She had provided everything it asked for,…