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Illinois officials said anyone who believes they were referred to Medicaid by mistake when enrolling in the nation's new health insurance system should start again at the Get Covered Illinois website online screening tool. That's a state-run website that asks simple questions and sends users either to Medicaid or the health insurance marketplace.

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Illinois Officials Tell Thousands to Start Over on Health Insurance

Get Covered Illinois (GCI) is advising people who have applied for coverage on the federal web site, healthcare.gov, and who believe they may have been incorrectly referred to the state for Medicaid coverage, to restart the process by using the screening tool at Getcoveredillinois.gov.