RIGHT SPEAK: Obamacare Glitch Watch: 84,000 Medicaid Applicants are still waiting on Health Care Coverage

Obamacare technical problems are keeping at least 84,000 Michigan residents from receiving Medicaid benefits.

The Michigan Medicaid program is still not receiving full data files for residents that applied to Medicaid through HealthCare.gov, and as a result, the state hasn’t been able to process any Medicaid applications yet, almost six months after the federal website’s launch.

“We don’t know why we aren’t getting the complete information,” Angela Minicuci, spokeswoman for the Michigan Department of Community Health, told The Detroit News. “We’re receiving the notice, but we’re not receiving enough information on each individual to begin processing those applications.”

“Other states are also having the same problem,” Minicuci added, “this isn’t unique to Michigan. This all goes back to the issues the federal exchange has had on a national level.”

HealthCare.gov’s faulty Medicaid files have been causing the states grief for months, but Michigan’s 84,000-strong wait list indicates that the glitch still hasn’t been resolved.

Iowa called out the Obama administration in December for its failure to resolve the problem for 10,000 state applicants. West Virginia followed up in early January with the complaint that another 18,000 residents wouldn’t yet receive care due to HealthCare.gov’s incomplete records.