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Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein

Nada Hassanein is a health care reporter for Stateline with a focus on inequities.

Protesters march to the Arkansas Capitol on Aug. 22, 2023, to deliver a letter to Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ office detailing the difficulties they have had with the state’s Medicaid program.

Despite federal warnings, red and blue states aggressively cull Medicaid rolls

By: - August 25, 2023

Despite federal warnings to slow down, both red and blue states have cut off Medicaid coverage for nearly 4 million people because they lack the proper paperwork. In at least four states, half of all the people who have lost coverage for any reason are children. During the pandemic, the federal government directed states not […]