Exclusive: Biden administration moves to streamline Medicaid, CHIP enrollment

The proposed rule, provided first to USA TODAY, takes steps to reduce the paperwork burden often associated with health care.

By Ella Lee, USA TODAY

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services aims to make enrolling in government health care programs easier for low-income kids, disabled people and older adults by cutting red tape, according to a proposal announced Wednesday.

The proposed rule, provided first to USA TODAY, takes steps to reduce the paperwork burden often associated with health care by streamlining applications and standardizing policies and requirements across states for Medicaid, Basic Health Programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP.

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