Medicaid Unwinding in the News: August 24, 2023

The Connecting to Coverage Coalition (CCC) has curated a list of recently-published articles covering national and state-specific developments related to the unwinding of Medicaid's continuous enrollment provision. CCC will be posting these links on a weekly basis.

• National: Study: Americans who lost Medicaid likely besieged by false marketing (Insurance News Net: 8/21/2023)
• National: Some states tweak their Medicaid programs amid the unwinding process (Washington Post: 8/22/2023)
• National: Column: The ‘unwinding’ of Medicaid: A quiet health emergency (Greenfield Recorder: 8/23/2023)
• Alaska: Thousands of Alaskans dropped from Medicaid after pandemic protections end (Alaska Beacon: 8/23/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansans feel the pressure as clock closes in on Medicaid benefits (KARK: 8/21/2023)
• Arkansas: Advocates fight for Medicaid coverage (THV11: 8/23/2023)
• Arkansas: Advocates ask for federal government to delay Arkansas’ unwinding of Medicaid rolls (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 8/23/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansas Medicaid recipients share concerns with federal and state officials (Arkansas Advocate: 8/22/2023)
• Arkansas: Medicaid advocates take fight to Arkansas State Capitol (THV11: 8/23/2023)
• Arkansas: Advocate group calls for federal intervention to delay Arkansas' unwinding of Medicaid rolls (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 8/22/2023)
• Arkansas: Medicaid recipients deliver letter to CMS, Arkansas lawmakers (KARK: 8/22/2023)
• Florida: Thousands of Florida families struggle to navigate Medicaid enrollment (Spectrum News: 8/17/2023)
• Florida: Excessive wait time for Latinos in Florida is 'locking families out' of Medicaid (WUSF: 8/20/2023)
• Florida: Significant Delays, Dropped Calls Prevent Many Florida Hispanic Families from Accessing Medicaid (Latin Times: 8/21/2023)
• Florida: Spanish-speakers are waiting longer for Florida's Medicaid call centers (Axios: 8/22/2023)
• Florida: Long delays and dropped calls in Florida are keeping Hispanic families out of Medicaid, according to new UnidosUS report (AL DÍA: 8/17/2023)
• Florida: Lawsuit seeks to halt Medicaid terminations in Florida (CNN: 8/22/2023)
• Florida: First lawsuit over improper Medicaid terminations filed in Florida (Axios: 8/22/2023)
• Florida: Lawsuit asks court to halt termination of Medicaid benefits in Florida (Tampa Bay Times: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Florida health agency sued over Medicaid terminations (Healthcare Finance: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: ‘Possible violations' by FL eyed in Medicaid cut (The Miami Times: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Lawsuit accuses Florida of ‘illegal’ Medicaid terminations (Orlando Sentinel: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Florida agencies are accused in a lawsuit of sending confusing Medicaid termination notices (Associated Press: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Families sue Florida after being kicked off Medicaid during state ‘unwinding’ (The Hill: 8/22/2023)
• Florida: Two families sue Florida for being kicked off Medicaid in 'unwinding' process (NPR: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Floridians Sue Florida Over Medicaid Redeterminations Process (MedCity News: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: A first for Medicaid unwinding (POLITICO: 8/23/2023)
• Florida: Spanish speakers waiting 4 times longer at Florida's Medicaid call centers, study says (CBS 10 Tampa Bay: 8/24/2023)
• Idaho: Idaho might have broken rules in Medicaid unwinding, federal regulators warn (The Spokesman-Review: 8/20/2023)
• Illinois: Report: Illinois patients losing Medicaid coverage due to call wait times (WTVO: 8/21/2023)
• Kentucky: Surprise! You’ve lost your Medicaid (Commonwealth Journal: 8/24/2023)
• Massachusetts: More than 60,000 members lost MassHealth coverage in July (WBUR: 8/24/2023)
• Michigan: Nearly 23K Michigan residents have lost Medicaid coverage since eligibility reviews in June (WDET: 8/17/2023)
• Michigan: Medicaid redetermination again in effect after pandemic break (WOOD: 8/22/2023)
• Mississippi: ‘Very problematic’: Medicaid drops another 22,000 Mississippians, mostly for paperwork issues (WJTV: 8/18/2023)
• Mississippi: Mississippi Medicaid drops more than 18,000 kids from its rolls (Mississippi Today: 8/17/2023)
• Mississippi: Medicaid has dropped more than 50,000 Mississippians during unwinding (MPB: 8/22/2023)
• Missouri: Paperwork issues meant more than 16,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage in July (The Moberly Monitor-Index: 8/21/2023)
• Missouri: Half Those Losing Medicaid in MO are Children (Public News Service: 8/24/2023)
• Missouri: Editorial: Need help with Medicaid or kids’ insurance in Missouri? You’ll wait on hold (The Kansas City Star: 8/24/2023)
• Montana: Frustration, confusion and distress mark the Medicaid renewal process in Montana (Montana Public Radio: 8/22/2023)
• Montana: Half of Montana Medicaid cases reviewed so far result in termination (Helena Independent Record: 8/24/2023)
• Montana: More Montanans lost Medicaid coverage this June amid the redetermination process (Monana Public Radio: 8/23/2023)
• New Mexico: Steps New Mexicans Can Take to Preserve Medicaid Coverage (Public News Service: 8/24/2023)
• North Carolina: He’s no longer eligible for NC Medicaid — by $7. Will he get life-saving heart care? (The News-Observer: 8/22/2023)
• Oregon: State health care helpline makes Oregonians wait too long, federal officials say (The Lund Report: 8/22/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Medicaid’s Great Unwinding (Gettysburg Connection: 8/23/2023)
• Pennsylvania: DHS reminding Pennsylvanians to renew their Medicaid (CBS 21: 8/24/2023)
• Pennsylvania: PA Human Services, Pennie Collaborate with Anti-Poverty Advocates to Ensure Medicaid Coverage in Lancaster, PA (MyChesCo: 8/24/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Department of Human Services reminder to renew Medicaid (ABC 27: 8/23/2023)
• Nevada: Medicaid eligibility reviews put low-income Nevadans at risk of losing coverage (Las Vegas Sun: 8/19/2023)
• Virginia: As Medicaid review continues, many Virginians have lost coverage for procedural reasons (Free Lance-Star: 8/19/2023)
• Virginia: 140,000 people lose Medicaid amid Virginia review (Axios: 8/18/2023)
• Texas: Over half a million Medicaid users have lost their coverage. Here’s why (KIAH: 8/22/2023)
• Texas: Whistleblowers allege thousands of Texans were wrongfully denied Medicare coverage (KEYE: 8/23/23)
• Texas: HHS Moves to Restore Medicaid Coverage to 90,000 in Texas (Bloomberg Law: 8/22/2023)
• Texas: ‘Help us!’ State employees blow whistle on errors they say are kicking thousands off Medicaid (Nextar: 8/23/2023)
• Texas: Democrats condemn Texas plan to terminate Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands of people (Texas Public Radio: 8/24/2023)
• Texas: Texas Democrats demand federal probe into wrongful Medicaid coverage terminations (CBS Austin: 8/23/2023)
• Wisconsin: 44,000 lose Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin as renewal process resumes (Wisconsin State Journal: 8/19/2023)
• Wisconsin: 44,000 Wisconsinites lost Medicaid coverage (WKBT: 8/22/2023)
• Wyoming: Over 10,000 Wyomingites disenrolled from Medicaid as renewal process continues (Wyoming Public Radio: 8/21/2023)
• Wyoming: American Cancer Society calls on Wyoming to halt Medicaid renewal process (Wyoming Tribune Eagle: 8/23/2023)