Medicaid Unwinding in the News: June 8, 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: States find there’s more than one way to unwind Medicaid. (Washington Post: 6/6/2023)
• National: More than half a million already disenrolled during Medicaid redeterminations. (Healthcare Finance News: 6/5/2023)
• National: Changes in pandemic-era benefits mean new hardship for millions (Daily Kos: 6/7/2023)
• National: As Medicaid disenrollments surge, concerns about nursing home residents persist. (Long-Term Care News: 6/5/2023)
• National: How to prepare for Medicaid dis-enrollment (HME News: 6/8/2023)
• California: Covered California Launches Statewide Push To Aid Residents (Escalon Times: 6/6/2023)
• Connecticut: State Offers Help To Residents Who Want To Keep Their Medical Coverage Despite Potentially Losing Medicaid Benefits. (CT News Junkie: 6/2/2023)
• Florida: 250K Floridians lose Medicaid coverage for ‘procedural reasons’ (WFLA: 6/6/2023)
• Georgia: Changes to Medicaid eligibility could impact thousands of Georgians. (Atlanta 11 Alive: 6/1/2023)
• Idaho: More than 66,000 Idahoans who had pandemic-era protections are losing Medicaid. (Idaho Capital Sun: 6/6/2023)
• Indiana: End of COVID-19 emergency could lead thousands of Hoosiers to lose Medicaid coverage (IndyStar: 6/5/2023)
• Indiana: Providers flag concerns about Medicaid infrastructure as ‘unwinding’ disenrolls thousands. (Indiana Public Broadcasting: 6/2/2023)
• Indiana: Commentary — Medicaid unwinding is bad news for ALL Hoosiers (Indiana Capital Chronicle: 6/8/2023)
• Kansas: Kansas could remove 125,000 people from Medicaid after pandemic. Kelly calls for expansion. (Kansas City Star: 6/8/2023)
• Louisiana: Medicaid navigators gear up as state eligibility checks begin (Louisiana Illuminator: 6/6/2023)
• Massachusetts: Here’s how to avoid a MassHealth coverage gap, visiting experts advise. (MassLive: 6/2/2023)
• Massachusetts: MassHealth rolls grew during first redetermination month (Worcester Business Journal: 6/5/2023)
• New York: Just hang up State warns people against health insurance scams. (The Daily News: 6/2/2023)
• New York: New York’s post-COVID Medicaid purge begins in June. Could state’s Essential Plan buffer losses? (Times Union: 6/6/2023)
• New York: Officials urge New Yorkers to renew Medicaid eligibility (WTEN: 6/20/2023)
• North Dakota: Thousands who may still be eligible lose ND Medicaid coverage due to non-renewal. (KFGO: 6/6/2023)
• North Dakota: North Dakota urges residents to return Medicaid renewal forms amid registration purge. (Fox News: 6/6/2023)
• South Carolina: SC Department of Health and Human Services warns members of potential Medicaid scams (The Times & Democrat: 6/7/2023)
• South Dakota: ‘Doors are open’: SD Falls Community Health ready for Medicaid expansion patients (KELO: 6/4/2023)
• Oklahoma: Tribe helping citizens renew Medicaid, SoonerCare (Tahlequah Daily Press: 6/6/2023)
• Oregon: Medicaid requirements tighten as pandemic eases (KLCC: 6/5/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Hundreds of thousands in Philadelphia region have to reapply for Medicaid. Here’s an early look at how many could be losing coverage. (Philadelphia Inquirer: 6/4/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Lancaster County Medicaid enrollment grew by 34,000 during pandemic; now set to decline. (Lancaster Online: 6/3/2023)
• Pennsylvania: Up to 700,000 Pa. patients could lose Medicaid coverage this year (Fox 43: 6/6/2023)
• Texas: How to keep your health insurance coverage as Medicaid 'unwinds' after the pandemic (Houston Chronicle: 6/2/2023)
• Texas: 1.3 million people risk losing Medicaid coverage (ValleyCentral.com: 6/7/2023)
  
• Utah: Bad paperwork is driving most of the turnover on Utah’s Medicaid rolls. (KUER: 6/5/2023)