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.

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

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

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.