Medicaid Unwinding in the News: June 1, 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: Medicaid unwinding will catch many off-guard, survey shows (Axios: 5/25/2023)
• National: Hundreds of thousands may lose health coverage (Good Morning America: 5/27/2023)
• National: Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired (New York Times: 5/29/2023)
• National: Millions had Medicaid coverage tied to the pandemic. Now they stand to lose it (The Hill: 5/29/2023)
• National: More Than 500,000 Americans Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since April 1 – Mainly For Not Completing Paperwork (TheMessenger: 6/1/2023)
• National: In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid (NPR: 5/24/2023)
• National: What Do the Early Medicaid Unwinding Data Tell Us? (Kaiser Family Foundation: 5/31/23)
  • Related: POLITICO Pulse: 500,000 dropped from Medicaid — so far (POLITICO Pulse: 6/1/23)
  • Related: As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage (Kaiser Health News: 6/1/2023)
• Arkansas: Arkansas Community Organizations advocates for those losing Medicaid coverage. (Arkansas Times: 5/30/2023)
• Colorado: First portion of Coloradans could lose health coverage after pandemic protections expire (NBC9News: 5/28/2023)
• Georgia: Thousands of Georgians face immediate loss of Medicaid insurance (Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 6/1/2023)
• Georgia: Georgians insured by Friday Health Plans must find new provider (Now Habersham: 5/31/2023)
• DMV: What to know about Medicaid unwinding in the District, Maryland and Virginia. (The Washington Post: 5/6/2023)
• Illinois: Millions of Illinoisans on Medicaid Need to Take This Step or Risk Losing Coverage (NBC 5 Chicago: 5/31/2023)
• Indiana: First month of Medicaid ‘unwinding’ boots nearly 53K Hoosiers from coverage. (Indiana Capital Chronicle: 5/25/2023)
• Massachusetts: Getting Answers: Thousands expected to lose health coverage after changes in MassHealth program. (Western Mass News: 5/31/2023)
• Massachusetts: Blue envelopes, texts, knocks: MassHealth reaching out to keep residents insured (WBUR: 6/1/2023)
• Minnesota: 'COVID emergency' over but concerns rise over mental health, loss of insurance. (Minnesota Public Radio: 5/30/2023)
• Nevada: Nevada Medicaid to begin ‘unwinding’ (The Nevada Independent: 6/1/2023)
• New York: Many NYers unaware they could soon lose Medicaid coverage, national survey finds (Gothamist: May 31, 2023)
• North Carolina: What to know about Medicaid unwinding in N.C. (North Carolina Health News: 6/1/2023)
• North Carolina: ‘Unwinding’ could undermine Medicaid expansion in North Carolina (North Carolina Health News: 6/1/2023)
• Pennsylvania: CHIP started in Western Pa. — and could catch families left behind by COVID-19 emergency declarations ending. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 5/27/2023)
• South Carolina: Medicaid terminations begin this week in South Carolina. Here's what to know and where to turn. (Greenville News: 5/30/2023)
• South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services warning Medicaid members for potential scams (WIS TV News 10: 6/1/2023)
• South Dakota: Between unwinding and renewals, SD health providers seek to bridge larger-than-expected Medicaid gap (Mitchell Republic: 5/31/2023)
• Texas: Texas Medicaid seeks 650 temporary workers as pandemic ends, eligibility checks resume (Dallas Morning News: 5/26/2023)
• Virginia: Over 20,000 Virginians lose Medicaid coverage a month into unwinding. (Virginia Mercury: 5/11/2023)
  
• Washington: Medicaid coverage ending for some in Washington state (MyNorthwest: 5/30/2023