Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month
1 year, 5 months ago

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month

NPR  

Texas Medicaid dropped more than 500,000 enrollees in one month Enlarge this image toggle caption Getty Images Getty Images For three years during the COVID-19 pandemic, people did not have to go through any kind of renewal process to stay on Medicaid. And 74% of people, on average, are losing coverage for "paperwork reasons," says Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform at KFF. Of course, some people are losing Medicaid coverage because they don't qualify anymore — they may have a new job that offers health insurance, or they may make too much money to qualify now. Sponsor Message Tolbert notes that some people who were wrongly cut off Medicaid will quickly reenroll — but even losing coverage briefly can be very disruptive and stressful if you're sick or can't get your medicine.

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Texas agency to ask for $300 million to fix “significant neglect” in Medicaid enrollment system
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Texas agency to ask for $300 million to fix “significant neglect” in Medicaid enrollment system

Associated Press  

In Texas, health advocates often find themselves playing defense to encourage leaders to preserve the state’s relatively frugal public service offerings while also pushing for more. “That very much stands out for us,” said Peter Clark, spokesperson for Texans Care For Children, which advocates on behalf of Texas children and families and has put improvements to the state’s Medicaid eligibility …

Texas officials seek ways to further slash potential Trump Medicaid cuts
1 month ago

Texas officials seek ways to further slash potential Trump Medicaid cuts

Raw Story  

If Trump makes cuts to Medicaid, Texas officials could seize the opportunity to further slash the program "If Trump makes cuts to Medicaid, Texas officials could seize the opportunity to further slash the program" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government …

State rejects health insurers’ pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans
7 months ago

State rejects health insurers’ pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials have rejected attempts by several major insurers for needy families to cancel a proposal that would drop them from the state Medicaid program and shake up the coverage of nearly 2 million low-income Texans. At issue are some $116 billion in Medicaid contracts that Texas Health and Human Services officials are attempting to award by …

Proposed changes to Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 M Texans
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Proposed changes to Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 M Texans

Raw Story  

"Proposed changes to state Medicaid plans could shake up health coverage for 1.8 million low-income Texans" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Texas health officials are poised to drop the state’s three largest nonprofit children’s health plans …

One-fourth of people dropped from Medicaid still aren’t insured, survey shows
8 months, 4 weeks ago

One-fourth of people dropped from Medicaid still aren’t insured, survey shows

Associated Press  

Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new survey from KFF showed Friday. At least 20 million lower-income Americans have lost their federal health insurance since the provision that kept states from disenrolling people during COVID-19 ended …

Halfway through Medicaid purge, enrollment is down about 10 million
11 months ago

Halfway through Medicaid purge, enrollment is down about 10 million

LA Times  

Graciela Camarena, program director for the Children’s Defense Fund, left, assists Lucia Salazar with filling out Medicaid and SNAP application forms for her family in Pharr, Texas. Medicaid, which covers low-income and disabled people, and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, grew to a record 94 million enrollees as a result of a rule that prohibited states …

Medicaid coverage restored to about a half-million people after computer errors in many states
1 year, 3 months ago

Medicaid coverage restored to about a half-million people after computer errors in many states

Associated Press  

— About 500,000 people who recently lost Medicaid coverage are regaining their health insurance while states scramble fix computer systems that didn’t properly evaluate people’s eligibility after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, federal officials said Thursday. If that doesn’t work, people are dropped from the rolls in what CMS describes as a “procedural termination.” In late August, CMS warned …

Paperwork problems drive surge in people losing Medicaid health coverage
1 year, 5 months ago

Paperwork problems drive surge in people losing Medicaid health coverage

Associated Press  

— The nation’s top health official implored states to do more to keep lower-income residents enrolled in Medicaid, as the Biden administration released figures Friday confirming that many who had health coverage during the coronavirus pandemic are now losing it. Though the federal government hasn’t released data from the most recent reports, information gathered by The Associated Press and health …

Column: Millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare coverage. Many have no idea
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Millions of Americans are about to lose their healthcare coverage. Many have no idea

LA Times  

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is proud of taking steps to throw more than 170,000 residents off Medicaid. — Joan Alker, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University According to the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, as many as 6.7 million children alone may lose their Medicaid coverage, leaving them “at considerable risk for becoming uninsured for some period …

500,000 Texans have been dropped from the Medicaid rolls since April
1 year, 5 months ago

500,000 Texans have been dropped from the Medicaid rolls since April

Raw Story  

July 17, 2023 "500,000 Texans have been dropped from the Medicaid rolls since April" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Preliminarydata, released Friday by the state’s Health and Human Services Commission, paints a grim picture of Texas’ …

More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls
1 year, 6 months ago

More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls

Associated Press  

More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. “Pushing through things and rushing it will lead to eligible people — kids and families — losing coverage for some period of time,” Daniel Tsai, a top federal …

Biden Administration Warns States About Post-COVID Medicaid Purge
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden Administration Warns States About Post-COVID Medicaid Purge

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration is calling on state officials to slow down reviews of their Medicaid programs that have already reduced enrollment by more than 1 million nationwide and will likely reduce it by several million more in the months to come. “Nationally, Medicaid enrollment swelled by nearly 20 million people as states stopped doing eligibility reviews so …

Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration on Monday urged states to slow down their purge of Medicaid rolls, citing concerns that large numbers of lower-income people are losing health care coverage due to administrative reasons. “I am deeply concerned with the number of people unnecessarily losing coverage, especially those who appear to have lost coverage for avoidable reasons that State Medicaid offices …

In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid
1 year, 7 months ago

In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid

NPR  

In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt York/AP Matt York/AP States have begun to remove people from Medicaid, something they could not do for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance in Florida, nearly 250,000 people lost coverage in April, and for 82% of them, it was for procedural reasons, Alker …

Medi-Cal will soon end some people’s benefits. What this means for you
1 year, 9 months ago

Medi-Cal will soon end some people’s benefits. What this means for you

LA Times  

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in earnest, low-income Californians who enrolled in Medi-Cal — California’s version of the government-funded Medicaid health insurance program — have been able to keep their coverage without having to prove every year that they still qualified for it. In Texas, for example, the income limit for pregnant women is about twice the federal poverty level; …

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program
1 year, 10 months ago

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government- But as states begin checking everyone’s eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years, as many as 14 million people could lose access to that health …

Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under Congress’ plan
2 years ago

Millions to lose Medicaid coverage under Congress’ plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Millions of people who enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic could start to lose their coverage on April 1 if Congress passes the $1.7 trillion spending package leaders unveiled Tuesday. “This is a positive for states in terms of planning, however, this will come at the cost of some individuals losing their health care,” said Massey Whorley, …

Stopping the churn: California and other states want to guarantee Medicaid for kids
2 years, 2 months ago

Stopping the churn: California and other states want to guarantee Medicaid for kids

LA Times  

California lawmakers have approved a proposal for children who qualify for Medicaid to be enrolled at birth and stay enrolled until age 5. In 2023, when the public health emergency is expected to end, Oregon will become the first state to allow children to be enrolled in Medicaid at birth and keep their coverage until they turn 6, regardless of …

Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma
3 years, 6 months ago

Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has become emblematic of the political struggle to extend the federal health insurance program in conservative strongholds. “Having Oklahoma — a very red state — moving forward judiciously and with very strong enrollment is showing that this …

As Americans lose their livelihoods, Medicaid will be their lifeline (opinion)
4 years, 8 months ago

As Americans lose their livelihoods, Medicaid will be their lifeline (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ron Wyden is a United States senator from Oregon. He is also the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, which sets policy for taxes, international trade and public health care programs like Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. An estimate by Health Management Associates shows that between 12 and 35 million Americans could lose their employer-provided …

New Kansas proposal breaks impasse on expanding Medicaid
5 years ago

New Kansas proposal breaks impasse on expanding Medicaid

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ Democratic governor and a top Republican lawmaker on Thursday outlined a new proposal for expanding the state’s Medicaid program, breaking an impasse that had allowed a handful of GOP leaders to thwart bipartisan legislative majorities. Laura Kelly and Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning would give Kelly the straightforward expansion of state health coverage that she has …

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