‘My only hope’: Inside one Mississippi woman’s quest for Medicaid coverage ...Middle East

Just when Alexis Smith thought it couldn’t get any worse, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The 30-year-old mom of four had been recently widowed and lost her job of five years after missing work to care for her dying husband. Her grief, though, was soon replaced by the more imminent stress of a long and arduous Medicaid application process that left her wondering how she would pay for the hysterectomy and chemotherapy she needed.  “Every time I was calling to check the status, no one could tell me anything,” she said.  At first, agency officials told her over the phone it would take 90 days to approve her application. Then, that became 120 days, Smith said. Her worries gr

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