With reductions in federal aid, Texas ended Medicaid coverage for more than 2 million residents, mostly children. State officials acknowledge some errors but people looking to get back on the rolls must now join a backlog of more than 200,

Texas faces backlash for dropping over two million people, mostly children, from Medicaid coverage quickly post-pandemic.

Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans.

Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children.

The decision to buck federal government guidelines was one of many that led to serious repercussions for Texas residents who rely on Medicaid.