Big Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage, Report Says

As I wrote in my article dated March 13, titled, 'CO limits Medicaid to 10,000 'Adults w/o Dep. Children'; will conduct lottery', Colorado will conduct a lottery to select 10,000 'adults without dependent children' [AwDC] who are now eligible for the state's expanded Medicaid program:

Here in Colorado, the government managed to 'under-estimate,' the demand for Medicaid services (similar to the way they 'under-estimate' the number of people exhausting UI benefits, the number of 'hidden' homeless persons, etc?) when the program was modified a few years ago to allow for single individuals with no children to become eligible for Medicaid.

[...] The solution in Colorado: officials are going to do a 'lottery' - and the first 10,000 applicants whose names are lucky enough to be drawn from the pool will receive Medicaid.

If you're one of the lucky 10,000 you'll get the healthcare you need. If you're among the tens of thousands whose names are not pulled out of the hat, well....as Alan Grayson said, "Hurry up and die" - or so it would seem.

Denver Unemployment Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/article/update-10-000-really-really-poor-will-receive-healthcare-via-medicaid-lottery

Denver Unemployment Examiner of CO 10:59AM April 20, 2012