States are struggling to comply with a new federal law requiring anyone getting Medicaid to show proof of citizenship. The new rules requiring a birth certificate or passport start July 1st. Ohio and California say staff won’t be ready by then; those states intend to ignore the deadline and risk possible penalites. Wisconsin officials say they’ll have half the birth records of recipients checked. Shamane Mills reports…
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