Medicaid Unwinding in the News: August 31, 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: An ‘obscene’ number of kids are losing Medicaid coverage (CNN: 8/26/2023)
• National: Biden urged to get tough as millions lose Medicaid (The Hill: 8/28/2023)
• National: Despite federal warnings, red and blue states aggressively cull Medicaid rolls (Kansas Reflector: 8/27/2023)
• National: Medicaid unwinding and fewer outpatient procedures squeeze hospitals (Axios: 8/29/2023)
• National: Medicaid warns 5 states that they've made it too hard for residents to keep coverage (NPR: 8/28/2023)
• National: Millions Sick and Untreated, Thanks to Medicaid “Unwinding” (CounterPunch: 8/25/2023)
• National: Democrats Pressure Biden on Medicaid After Voting to End Protections (Newsweek: 8/28/2023)
• National: These Are The States Kicking The Most People Off Medicaid (Investopedia: 8/28/2023)
• National: Medicaid-eligible people who aren’t enrolled far more likely to delay care (The Hill: 8/29/2023)
• National: Hurdles ahead for Native Medicaid recipients (Native America Calling: 8/29/2023)
• National: Biden admin warns states about kids losing Medicaid coverage (Axios: 8/31/2023)
• National: Kids in many states wrongly removed from Medicaid, U.S. officials say (The Washington Post: 8/30/2023)
• National: Many Children May Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Because of State Errors (The New York Times: 8/30/2023)
• National: CMS Requires States To Assess Medicaid Disenrollment Process (MedCity News: 8/31/2023)
• National: As Medicaid ‘unwinding’ continues, what is the impact on health coverage? (Digital Journal: 8/30/2023)
• National: CMS suspects auto-renewal process at fault for wrongful Medicaid disenrollments (Fierce Healthcare: 8/30/2023)
• National: HHS Tackles Errant Cancellations of Kids’ Medicaid Coverage (Bloomberg Law: 8/30/2023)
• National: CMS: Ex Parte Systems May Disenroll Eligible Medicaid, CHIP Enrollees (Healthpayer Intelligence: 8/31/2023)
• National: Medicaid cracks down on states over children wrongly losing coverage during redeterminations (Healthcare Dive: 8/31/2023)
• National: Tech 'Glitch' Is Causing Kids to Lose Medicaid Coverage (HealthDay: 8/31/2023)
• Alaska: Thousands of Alaskans may lose their Medicaid benefits this year, but not because they don’t qualify (Alaska Public Media: 8/28/2023)
• Arizona: Arizona opinion: A toolkit for handling Medicaid 'unwinding' (Arizona Daily Star: 8/30/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansas not among states told by federal authorities to pause Medicaid ‘unwinding,’ DHS says (Arkansas Times: 8/31/2023)
• Arkansas: Federal agency asks states to pause Medicaid unwinding; DHS says request does not apply to Arkansas (Arkansas Advocate: 8/31/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansas not among states with Medicaid disenrollment glitch (Talk Business & Politics: 8/31/2023)
• Georgia: CareSource Georgia rolls out mobile clinics to help Medicaid recipients maintain health coverage (Georgia Recorder: 8/30/2023)
• Georgia: Interview: Sharon Graham speaks about renewing enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (WTVM: 8/31/2023)
• Indiana: Advocates call on federal agencies to suspend two waivers in HIP, warning loss of coverage (WFYI: 8/28/2023)
• Kansas: State official on Kansas Medicaid unwinding: ‘We probably could’ve done a better job’ (The Pitch: 8/30/2023)
• Kentucky: State and advocates try to keep eligible Kentuckians on Medicaid (Richmond Register: 8/29/2023)
• Maryland: More than 100,000 Marylanders have lost Medicaid coverage since May (Maryland Matters: 8/24/2023)
• Maryland: Children in Md., other states getting wrongly dropped from Medicaid because of automation ‘glitch’ (Associated Press: 8/31/2023)
• Massachusetts: Mass. has dropped thousands of residents from MassHealth. Where does that leave them? (New England Public Media: 8/28/2023)
• Michigan: Over 80,000 booted from Medicaid in June (WLNS: 8/29/2023)
• Michigan: Over 80,000 Michigan residents lost Medicaid benefits in first month (Bridge Michigan: 8/29/2023)
• Michigan: More than 80,500 Michiganders lost Medicaid coverage in June alone (Detroit Free Press: 8/29/2023)
• Michigan: More than 80,000 people in Michigan lost Medicaid insurance in June and more will follow in months to come (Michigan Public Radio: 8/31/2023)
• Michigan: Michigan Medicaid numbers continue to plummet (95.3 MNC: 8/30/2023)
• Mississippi: Gov. Tate Reeves apparently met about Medicaid. No one will say what was discussed. (Mississippi Today: 8/29/2023)
• Missouri: Post-pandemic Medicaid enrollment guidelines impact many in southwest Missouri (KY3: 8/29/2023)
• Missouri: Medicaid resuming reviews to confirm recipients' eligibility (KTVO: 8/30/2023)
• Montana: Experts give tips on how to renew Medicaid coverage in Montana (NBC Montana: 8/25/2023)
• Montana: What Montanans can do to support families as Medicaid begins ‘unwinding’ (Daily Montanan: 8/27/2023)
• Missouri: Half Those Losing Medicaid in MO are Children (Missouri News Service: 8/27/2023)
• Nebraska: Thousands Of Nebraskans Have Lost Medicaid Coverage For Not Returning Paperwork On Time (Flatwater Free Press: 8/30/2023)
• North Carolina: North Carolinians are losing Medicaid in droves. Can the purge be stopped? (NC Health News: 8/25/2023)
• North Carolina: NC Medicaid drops thousands of people for unreturned paperwork (WFAE: 8/31/2023)
• North Dakota: Some ND families may be losing Medicaid (KFGO: 8/31/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Pa. DHS Secretary visits Allentown, discusses Medicaid coverage renewals (WFMZ Allentown: 8/30/2023)
• Rhode Island: Commentary: As pandemic protections end, R.I. must do more to protect Medicaid enrollees’ access to care (The Boston Globe: 8/25/2023)
• Rhode Island: Report: Wait times for R.I. Medicaid recipients longest in New England (Providence Business News: 8/31/2023)
• Texas: Medicaid disenrollment skyrockets in Texas, amid reports of system errors (Houston Chronicle: 8/30/2023)
• Virginia: Children face 'disproportionate' effect from Medicaid glitch (Richmond Times-Dispatch: 8/31/2023)
• Wisconsin: WI Kids Losing Health Coverage in Medicaid Unwinding (Public News Service: 8/31/2023)
• Wyoming: Enroll Wyoming offers free help to navigate Medicaid changes (Cap City News: 8/31/2023)