Medicaid Unwinding in the News: July 6, 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: More than 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in the spring of 2023 due to the end of pandemic policies — and paperwork problems (Philadelphia Inquirer: 7/5/2023)
• National: Millions may soon lose Medicaid when they don't have to -- as one Florida family has already learned (ABC News: 7/1/2023)
• National: Report: 1.5 Million Medicaid Enrollees Have Been Disenrolled from Coverage (MedCity News: 7/5/2023)
• National: Opinion: More funding for cultural outreach is imperative to curb procedural Medicaid disenrollments (Healthcare Dive: 7/6/2023)
• Alabama: Alabama starts removing people off Medicaid, but won’t yet say how many (Alabama Daily News: 7/6/2023)
• Alabama: 120,000+ at risk of losing Medicaid Coverage in Alabama. What can you do? (The Bama Buzz: 6/30/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansas Department of Health officials address concerns about Medicaid disenrollment process (KUAR: 7/2/2023)
• California: Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage. Here’s why. (Los Angeles Times: 7/1/2023)
• Colorado: More than 2 in 5 Coloradans who had eligibility reviewed lost Medicaid in first assessment since COVID (The Denver Post: 7/5/2023)
• Florida: FL Medicaid Changes Leave Some Scrambling for Coverage (Public News Service: 6/30/2023)
• Indiana: Why so many Hoosiers could lose their Medicaid coverage this year (News and Tribune: 7/5/2023)
• Indiana: Pfaff urges Hoosiers to reenroll in healthcare coverage (WTWO/WAWV: 7/5/2023)
• Kentucky: Park DuValle Community Health Center helps with Medicaid coverage changes (WAVE: 7/6/2023)
• Kentucky: 'Vital for life' | Free assistance available in Kentuckiana to avoid losing Medicaid (WDRB: 7/5/2023)
• Maryland: Experts discuss what lies ahead for Medicaid redeterminations in Maryland (State of Reform: 7/5/2023)
• Massachusetts: Inside the $11 million effort to help Massachusetts residents maintain health coverage (WBUR: 7/5/2023)
• Missouri: Missouri begins disenrolling Medicaid patients after three-year freeze (St. Louis Public Radio: 7/3/2023)
• New Jersey: NJ starts to review Medicaid rolls for eligibility (NJ Spotlight: 7/5/2023)
• New Mexico: In just two months, nearly 59,000 New Mexicans lost Medicaid coverage. Here's why. (Albuquerque Journal: 7/2/2023)
• New Mexico: With end of public health emergency, thousands in danger of Medicaid disenrollment without action (NM Political Report: 7/5/2023)
• New York: Health plans scramble to keep thousands of members covered (Buffalo Business First: 7/2/2023)
• Ohio: Ohio ranks sixth in the nation for Medicaid spending. But how healthy are its residents? (The Columbus Dispatch: 7/5/2023)
• Oklahoma: 270,000 Oklahomans Losing Medicaid Coverage (9 News: 6/30/2023)
• Washington D.C.: Thousands Of Residents In The D.C. Region Are Losing Medicaid Coverage (DCist: 7/5/2023)
• Wyoming: Enroll Wyoming Offers Free Help to Navigate Medicaid Changes (Sweetwater NOW: 7/3/2023)