State welfare officials assert that US citizens are being denied benefits because they can’t prove they are citizens. So, how do the state officials know that those denied are, in fact, citizens?

To rephrase/clarify: I have never seen an undocumented alien on Medicaid PERIOD. I would only see this if they appealed being terminated or denied.
I have seen many denied (even before these changes).
Never seen anyone actually on Medicaid.

Of course these requirements were put in place to keep citizens off medicaid. The harder it is to apply and stay current on documentation, the less people will use the program. You cut expenditures indirectly. If you can’t see that then likely you also think credit card companies are all about the betterment of society and banks just want to take care of you and your family.

In the past-in TX, during the bush times- this was done by having mandetory seven hours office waits every other month and two hour waits every month. Plus about 25 pages of paperwork that needed to be resubmitted on a monthly or bimonthly basis. Also about 90 minute hold times if you tried to call and reschedule the above mentioned visits. I found the medicaid office a great place to study from.

In contrast the WIC and ECI office had ten minute wait times, amazingly friendly helpful caring staff and did everything they could to help parents find resources for thier kids.

As for illegals? Most of the hispanic population I saw had all the same documents as I did. In the end you can debate the about “the right to health care” for adults all you want but children are innocents and should automatically qualify for some sort of medicaid. We recognize as a society the ads of WIC, ECI and prenatal care. Do we abandon them after they are born with respect to basic health care?

Bobby:

You are of course correct – in the most literal meaningless sense possible.

One way they could KNOW would be if these same people satisfied the state’s prior verification rerquirements (say an uncertified but otherwise valid birth certificate), yet could not pass muster under these new requirements.

Or they are all named Davis, Smith, Whitey McWhiterson, etc. . . .or officials dated said person’s mother and knew their grandparents and watched every single one being born.

Is the default rule you are not a citizen until you prove otherwise? (That was the point of my satirical question about your status – which obviously flew right over your head).

The question you posed is trifling and of little impart, in the manner of “How do I know you are really not a creation of my mind?”

If you are sincerely interested in the “how” of it, then I apologize for my tone. If you are implying that these people really aren’t citizens, then I would put the burden on you to show they are not.