Medicaid Unwinding in the News: July 13, 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: Millions of People Booted From Medicaid After Pandemic (The Wall Street Journal: 6/8/2023)
• National: As States Purge Medicaid Rolls, Legal Aid Groups Step Up (Law360: 7/7/2023)
• National: States’ varying approaches complicate effort to determine impact of Medicaid redeterminations (Healthcare Dive: 7/13/2023)
• Alabama: Status of 129,000 Alabama Medicaid enrollees uncertain after post-pandemic emergency (Birmingham News: 7/7/2023)
• Arizona: Arizona Medicaid recipients asked to update contact info (KYMA/KECY: 7/10/2023)
• Arkansas: AR Sees Medicaid Coverage Loss in Redetermination Process (Public News Service: 7/7/2023)
• Arkansas: More than 37K Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage in June due to incomplete paperwork (Arkansas Advocate: 7/11/2023)
• Arkansas: Almost 77,500 Arkansans lose Medicaid coverage in June (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: 7/11/2023)
• Arkansas: Nearly 80,000 Medicaid recipients in Arkansas disenrolled last month (KFSM: 7/11/2023)
• Connecticut: CT Works on Post-Pandemic Medicaid Redeterminations (Public News Service: 7/7/2023)
• Connecticut: More than 62,000 CT residents lost Medicaid coverage. Here’s why. (Hartford Courant 7/12/2023)
• Connecticut: Most CT residents enduring Medicaid ‘unwinding’ keep coverage (CT Mirror: 7/12/2023)
• Florida: Florida is one of two states declining federal waivers to help with Medicaid unwinding (WJCT News: 7/7/2023)
• Georgia: What Georgians need to know about Medicaid redetermination (Atlanta Business Chronicle: 7/11/2023)
• Georgia: Georgia cuts 95,000 from Medicaid, more coming (Atlanta Journal Constitution: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Start of eligibility ‘redetermination’ knocks almost 100,000 Georgians off Medicaid (Capitol Beat: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Nearly 100,000 Georgia residents removed from Medicaid and CHIP in June, officials say (Fox News: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Nearly 100,000 low-income Georgians lost Medicaid health coverage last month (The Georgia Recorder: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Nearly 100,000 Georgians kicked off Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids in June, state says (WSBTV: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Almost 100,000 Georgians knocked off Medicaid by eligibility ‘redetermination’ process (Ledger-Inquirer: 7/13/2023)
• Georgia: Cut from Georgia Medicaid health coverage? You may still be eligible (Atlanta Journal Constitution: 7/13/2023)
• Idaho: In Idaho, half of people removed from Medicaid didn’t send state their info (Idaho Capital Sun: 7/10/2023)
• Idaho: Half of people removed from Idaho Medicaid rolls didn’t send state their information (Idaho Statesman: 7/10/2023)
• Indiana: Op/Ed: Why are so many Hoosiers losing Medicaid? Let's halt re-certifications to find out. (IndyStar: 7/7/2023)
• Indiana: Schools urge families to update Medicaid information to continue healthcare coverage (WSBT: 7/10/2023)
• Kentucky: Renewal Resource Day to help Southern Kentucky Medicaid recipients (WBKO: 7/11/2023)
• Kentucky: Medicaid event set to help community stay enrolled (WNKY: 7/11/2023)
• Maryland: Health officials seek federal waivers for Medicaid processing as thousands of Marylanders face disenrollments (Maryland Matters: 7/12/2023)
• Maryland: Maryland Department of Health Reports Medicaid Renewal Data for June (The Southern Maryland Chronicle: 7/12/2023)
• Maryland: As thousands lose Medicaid coverage, health officials working on solutions to keep people enrolled (Maryland Matters: 7/12/2023)
• Maryland: Maryland data shows fewer people dropped from Medicaid in June (The Frederick Post-News 7/12/2023)
• Michigan: More than 100K Michiganders may lose Medicaid by end of month (Bridge Michigan: 7/10/2023)
• Michigan: Michigan health department launches dashboard to track Medicaid renewals (Mid-Michigan NOW: 7/10/2023)
• Michigan: Few Medicaid recipients deemed ineligible for coverage so far (Morning Sun: 7/12/2023)
• Michigan: Michigan boots nearly 7,000 from Medicaid (The Center Square: 7/11/2023)
• Michigan: Nearly 7,000 Michiganders disqualified from Medicaid during renewal process, says state (Mid-Michigan NOW: 7/11/2023)
• Michigan: About 7,000 Michiganians tossed off Medicaid so far, state says (The Detroit News: 7/10/2023)
• Minnesota: Medicaid shift could push 200,000 Minnesotans to employer health plans (Minneapolis Star-Tribune 7/12/2023)
• Mississippi: Medicaid rolls decline as state begins checking eligibility for first time in 3 years (Magnolia Tribune: 7/10/2023)
• Mississippi: 'Now is not the time to go radio silent': Medicaid drops 29,000 Mississippians (Mississippi Today: 7/13/2023)
• Missouri: Missourians at risk for losing Medicaid insurance (The St. Louis American: 7/10/2023)
• Missouri: Your Health: What to know about Medicaid changes in Missouri (KCTV: 7/10/2023)
• Nevada: Many Nevadans on Medicaid could lose insurance as pandemic-era coverage policy ends (The Nevada Independent: 7/7/2023)
• New Jersey: NJ FamilyCare Resumes Eligibility Reviews; Renewal Packets Arriving in Mailboxes (TAPintoSummit: 7/9/2023)
• New Jersey: Trenton Public Schools Announce Medicaid Enrollment Events (TrentonDaily: 7/11/2023)
• New Jersey/Pennsylvania: Thousands have lost Medicaid as post-pandemic renewals begin in Pa, NJ (Philadelphia Inquirer: 7/13/2023)
• New Mexico: Nearly 60,000 New Mexicans purged from the Medicaid rolls (so far) (SourceNM: 7/12/2023)
• North Carolina: 9K across WNC and state to lose health insurance each month until Medicaid expansion (Asheville Citizen Times: 7/12/2023)
• North Carolina: Medicaid Redetermination in NC: Thousands at Risk of Losing Coverage (Public News Service: 7/13/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Administration reiterates commitment amid major changes to Medicaid (Times Observer: 7/13/2023)
• Pennsylvania: State urges Medicaid recipients to renew enrollment (Butler Eagle: 7/13/2023)
• Tennessee: As COVID-19 emergency orders end, more than 31,000 lose TennCare coverage (Tennessee Lookout: 7/10/2023)
• Tennessee: Tennessee drops over 31,000 from Medicaid in one month as renewals resume (Chattanooga Times-Free Press: 7/10/2023)
• Tennessee: 31,000 lost TennCare coverage in first month of redetermination process (The Center Square: 7/12/2023)
• Texas: Automatic renewal of Medicaid ends (Jacksonville Progress: 7/10/2023)
• Virginia: Local group helping Charlottesville residents get Medicaid back (CBS19 News: 7/7/2023)
• West Virginia: 20K in West Virginia lost Medicaid eligibility in June (The Center Square: 7/11/2023)
• West Virginia: WV's Medicaid Renewal Rate Near 60% (Public News Service: 7/11/2023)
• West Virginia: Nearly 64,000 West Virginians lose Medicaid or CHIP as pandemic rules end (West Virginia Watch: 7/11/2023)
• Wyoming: Hundreds lose Wyoming Medicaid and Kid Care coverage (Wyoming Tribune Eagle: 7/7/2023)