{"id":122981,"date":"2023-12-20T23:55:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=122981"},"modified":"2023-12-20T23:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:55:53","slug":"huckabee-sanders-picks-fight-with-biden-hhs-director-in-unprecedented-push-to-kick-kids-off-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowdogwire.com\/?p=122981","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Huckabee Sanders picks fight with Biden HHS director in &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; push to kick kids off Medicaid&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/sarah-sanders-2666658589\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AlterNet<\/a>: &#8220;In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SarahHuckabee\/status\/1736874439579721928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">combative tweet posted on Monday, December 18<\/a>, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders angrily accused the Biden Administration of a &#8220;politically motivated PR stunt&#8221; with Medicaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden&#8217;s Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sec-becerras-letter-to-ar-governor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent Sanders a letter<\/a>\u00a0urging her to make sure Arkansas children remain insured via Medicaid&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2023\/12\/18\/biden-administration-deeply-alarmed-by-arkansass-rush-to-kick-kids-off-medicaid\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Arkansas Times&#8217; Benjamin Hardy<\/a>, Sanders &#8220;has overseen an unprecedented shift&#8221; in the &#8220;percentage of Arkansas children with health insurance.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hardy, in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arktimes.com\/arkansas-blog\/2023\/12\/18\/biden-administration-deeply-alarmed-by-arkansass-rush-to-kick-kids-off-medicaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report published on December 18<\/a>, explains, &#8220;Some 78,500 Arkansas children lost Medicaid coverage between March and September, according to a presentation shared\u2026. by federal officials \u2014 an 18 percent decline over a seven-month period. Almost every state is removing enrollees from Medicaid, both children and adults, because of recent changes in the safety net program. But few states have been as harsh as Arkansas, which is among the top five in terms of both percentage decline in child Medicaid coverage and change in absolute enrollment numbers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AlterNet: &#8220;In a\u00a0combative tweet posted on Monday, December 18, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders angrily accused the Biden Administration of a &#8220;politically motivated PR stunt&#8221; with Medicaid. Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden&#8217;s Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had\u00a0sent Sanders a letter\u00a0urging her to make sure Arkansas children remain insured via Medicaid&#8230;. 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