Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has told the Obama administration about this new strategy, which some healthcare officials expressed hesitation about. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aims to ease barriers that make it harder for people to sign up for Medicaid, and President Barack Obama has also promoted electronic name-matching as the best way to verify eligible Medicaid participants.
Gov. Quinn’s team is standing its ground, writing the Obama administration a letter saying nearly 6 percent of medical identification cards mailed to households were returned as “undeliverable with out-of-state address.” By cross-checking addresses, Illinois officials expect to save roughly $1million — a conservative estimate, according to the report.
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