Leadership Council on Civil Rights wants better treatment for Medicaid recipients

In a letter to Democratic Senators and House Members the Leadership Council on Civil Rights wants the government to close the Medicaid coverage cap that leaves so many Americans without proper health coverage.

In their statement, The Council writes,

... the current coverage gap leaves over 2 million people, including 600,000 African Americans living in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas living below the poverty line, without access to affordable health insurance coverage.

The Council, along with other groups are also urging members of Congress to address the coverage disparity in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“The COVID-19 pandemic amplified pre-existing inequities in health care, with deadly consequences for many in the Black community as well as other communities of color,” they said. “Therefore, we are urging Congress to address this by providing a federal pathway to coverage for the millions of African Americans and other people of color shut out of their state’s Medicaid program.”

You can read the entire letter to here.

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