Medicaid Unwinding in the News: June 29, 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: HHS has limited options as millions lose Medicaid (CQ Roll Call: 6/28/2023)
• National: Almost 7 Million People Are Predicted to Lose Medicaid Due to “Technicalities” (Truthout: 6/29/2023)
• National: Will more states press pause on Medicaid disenrollments? (The Washington Post: 6/29/2023)
• National: Millions at Risk While Medicaid "Unwinds" Beneficiaries (Psychology Today: 6/26/2023)
• Alabama: Blue Cross Blue Shield offers aid to those who lose Medicaid (Yellowhammer: 6/27/2023)
• Alaska: Some Alaskans start losing Medicaid coverage as state begins reviewing eligibility after pandemic pause (Anchorage Daily News: 6/26/2023)
• Arizona: 150,000 dropped from Medicaid coverage in Arizona, most for filing errors (Cronkite News: 6/27/2023)
• Arizona: 150,000 dropped from Medicaid coverage in Arizona (KNAU: 6/28/2023)
• Colorado: 'A life or death situation': Families lose health coverage as pandemic protections expire (9News: 6/26/2023)
• Connecticut: In Connecticut, 46,140 Disenrolled From Medicaid Yet Many Pivot to Alternate Health Plans (CT News Junkie: 6/26/2023)
• Florida: Florida is taking sick kids off Medicaid months before planned (Orlando Sentinel: 6/28/2023)
• Iowa: Iowa's new Medicaid insurer to handle benefits for 200,000+ patients, state director says (Des Moines Register: 6/29/2023)
• Kentucky: Health advocates fear tens of thousands could lose Medicaid coverage in Kentucky (WLKY: 6/27/2023)
• Louisiana: Medicaid recertification process restarts this year for 45,000 Louisvillians (Louisville Public Media: 6/27/2023)
• Michigan: State health officials extend deadline for June Medicaid enrollees (Michigan Radio: 6/26/2023)
• Michigan: Michigan extending deadline for Medicaid renewal forms (Morning Sun: 6/26/2023)
• Michigan: Michigan pushes back June 30 deadline for Medicaid renewals (The Detroit News: 6/22/2023)
• Michigan: What 3.4M Michiganders should know about renewing their Medicaid (MLive: 6/28/2023)
• Michigan: Thousands on Michigan Medicaid will keep coverage for at least another month (Bridge Michigan: 6/27/2023)
• Minnesota: More than a quarter million Minnesotans at risk of losing public health plans (CBS News Minnesota: 6/25/2023)
• Mississippi: COVID-era policy draws to end for Medicaid, millions to be removed from rolls across U.S. (Magnolia Tribune: 6/23/2023)
• Missouri: Missourians could lose Medicaid coverage starting July 1 (The Missouri Times: 6/27/2023)
• Montana: More than 15K Montanans' coverage expires after first month of Medicaid redeterminations (KTVH: 6/22/2023)
• Nevada: Nevadans urged to stay covered as pandemic emergency Medicaid winds down (Nevada Current: 6/26/2023)
• North Carolina: Thousands in North Carolina could lose Medicaid coverage in July (Axios: 6/26/2023)
• North Carolina: End of pandemic-related Medicaid coverage could affect 300,000 in NC (Greensboro News & Record: 6/26/2023)
• North Carolina: ‘Unwinding’ fed health insurance concerns NC officials (The Charlotte Post: 6/27/2023)
• Ohio: Are you one of 280K Ohioans losing Medicaid in 2023? What to know and what to do (Fox8: 6/23/2023)
• Oregon: First round of disenrollments looms as Oregon pores through its Medicaid rolls (Oregon Public Broadcasting: 6/26/2023)
• Pennsylvania: 90,000 Pennsylvanians have lost Medicaid coverage since the end of pandemic-era rule (WHYY: 6/26/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Thousands lose Medicaid coverage as pandemic auto-enrollment policy expires (WJAC: 6/23/2023)
• South Carolina: Over 110,000 South Carolinians lose Medicaid coverage as eligibility reviews resume (News19: 6/26/2023)
• South Carolina: Millions of people losing Medicaid following post-pandemic purge (WIS News: 6/23/2023)
• South Carolina: More than 100,000 in SC lost Medicaid coverage so far, feds express concern (The Post and Courier: 6/22/2023)
• South Carolina: Where Medicaid coverage stands in South Carolina (News19: 6/25/2023)
• Utah: COVID-era Medicaid plans are ending. Do these things to keep your health coverage. (The Salt Lake Tribune: 6/24/2023)