Medicaid Unwinding in the News: August 3, 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.

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• National: Paperwork causing many Americans to lose Medicaid coverage, White House warns (HealthDay News: 7/31/2023)
• National: Column: Millions of Americans are about to lose their health care coverage, and have no idea (Los Angeles Times: 8/1/2023)
• National: Nearly 4 million in U.S. cut from Medicaid, most for paperwork reasons (The Washington Post: 7/28/2023)
• National: What happens when states purge their Medicaid rolls? (Insurance Newsnet: 7/31/2023)
• National: States comb through Medicaid rolls to see who can stay and who should go (NPR: 8/1/2023)
• National: Uninsured rate hits record low, just as millions start losing Medicaid coverage (The Hill: 8/3/2023)
• National: Uninsured rate hit all-time low in early 2023 but Medicaid redeterminations could reverse that trend (Axios: 8/3/2023)
• National: Uninsured rate hits ‘record low’ — right before millions start losing Medicaid coverage (STAT News: 8/3/2023)
• National: Medicaid cuts may put addiction treatment out of reach (POLITICO: 8/1/2023)
• Florida: Florida nonprofit renews its call for a pause in Medicaid unwinding (WLRN: 8/2/2023)
• Georgia: More than 63,000 Georgia kids lost Medicaid access to doctors last month (Albany Herald: 7/31/2023)
• Georgia: More than 63,000 Georgia kids lost Medicaid access to doctor last month snared in red tape (Georgia Recorder: 7/31/2023)
• Idaho: Thousands of people have been unenrolled from Medicaid after Covid-19 Public Health Emergency lift (Idaho 6 News: 8/1/2023)
• Iowa: State Removes 120,000 Iowans From Medicaid Rolls In Recent Months (KIWA: 7/31/2023)
• Iowa: Thousands removed from state Medicaid program (RadioIowa: 7/31/2023)
• Illinois: More than 47,000 Illinois residents lose Medicaid as state begins asking recipients to prove eligibility (Chicago Tribune: 8/2/2023)
• Kansas: Report: Children removed from Medicaid rolls (The Iola Register: 8/1/2023)
• Kansas: Report: Children comprise two-thirds of Kansans removed from state’s Medicaid program (Kansas Reflector: 7/31/2023)
• Kansas: Commentary: Tens of thousands of Kansas kids are losing health care — over a paperwork problem (Kansas City Star: 8/3/2023)
• Louisiana: Louisiana removes more than 50,000 people from Medicaid at start of disenrollment process (Louisiana Illuminator: 8/2/2023)
• Maine: Thousands could lose MaineCare coverage after federally mandated reviews (WMTW: 8/1/2023)
• Maryland: Are you covered? What Maryland residents need to know about their Medicaid coverage. (The Baltimore Sun: 7/31/2023)
• Michigan: Health care and Medicaid unwinding (WNEM TV 5: 7/31/2023)
• Missouri: Kids make up half of Missourians who lost Medicaid in first month of reviews (The Joplin Globe: 7/30/2023)
• Missouri: Medicaid eligibility verification drops 32,000, including 16,000 kids, from benefits (Springfield News-Leader: 8/3/2023)
• Missouri: Navigating your Medicaid renewal? Missouri advocates offer advice (Missouri Independent: 8/3/2023)
• Montana: DPHHS talks about Medicaid redetermination process and information (ABC Fox MTI: 8/1/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Collaboration for Health: Pennsylvania DHS and Community Centers Join Forces to Navigate Medicaid Changes (MyChesCo: 8/1/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Arkoosh returns to Montgomery County supporting Medicaid renewal outreach (The Times Herald: 7/31/2023)
• South Carolina: S.C. slows Medicaid removals (Associated Press: 7/31/2023)
• Texas: Concerned employees in Texas say internal errors put thousands at risk of losing Medicaid (KTAL: 7/31/2023)
• Texas: Concerned Employees Expose Chaos Amid Medicaid Unwinding, 500,000 Texans Lose Coverage (ReformAustin: 8/1/2023)
• Texas: Dallas County has the highest rate of uninsured people in North Texas. Why? (KERA: 8/3/2023)
• Texas: Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April (NPR: 8/3/2023)
• Texas: More than 670,000 Texans lose Medicaid coverage as the state unwinds continuous enrollment (KERA: 7/31/2023)
• Texas: Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month (NPR: 8/3/2023)
• Texas: Many Texans just lost their health insurance because they didn’t answer questions from the state (WFAA: 8/2/2023)
• Texas: “Scared out of my mind”: A family scrambles after their disabled 3-year-old loses Medicaid (The Texas Tribune: 7/28/2023)
• Washington: 230,000 WA residents lost Medicaid coverage since unwinding began (The Seattle Times: 7/29/2023)
• Wisconsin: 1.4 Million Wisconsin Residents Need To Reapply For Medicaid, Will They? (Urban Milwaukee: 7/31/2023)