Thousands lose Medicaid benefits

 
By Jeff Raymond
Published: December 13, 2007

TULSA — Almost 6,000 SoonerCare enrollees lost coverage Dec. 1 because they were unable to provide proof of citizenship, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority announced at its monthly meeting Thursday.

Most of the 5,841 people who lost Medicaid benefits through the SoonerCare program are U.S. citizens, the authority noted in a news release.

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