Hundreds of Minnesotans lose health coverage over new Medicaid rules

Oct 24, 20190

Chris Serres – Star Tribune count

Brenda Pike, 61. who drives for Uber, has been unable to access medications to control her severe depression and wild mood swings since she lost Medicaid coverage early this month because of new paperwork requirements.

Brenda Pike was struggling to control the scattered, incoherent thoughts racing through her mind when she walked into a Walgreens drugstore in Savage a few weeks ago to fill her monthly prescription for antidepressants.

It was only then that Pike, who suffers from bipolar disorder and severe depression, learned that she had been dropped from Medicaid coverage and the pharmacy had no way to fill her prescription.

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