Federal officials have asked the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare why the state dropped 130,000 people from its Medicaid rolls between August of 2011 and January 2012 and what the state is doing about the administrative challenges state officials say is one of the reasons for the precipitous drop.
In response to previous federal inquiries about the large numbers of recipients whose Pennsylvania Medical Assistance eligibility was revoked, state officials pointed to a backlog of cases to review.  State and federal officials met to review the situation in April, and the latest federal correspondence with the state seeks answers to questions federal officials posed at the April meeting.
Read more about the problem, the interaction between state and federal officials, and the current status of this situation in this Philadelphia Inquirer article.