News Recap: Week of August 14
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made public letters it sent to state Medicaid agencies across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. The letters identified three
News Recap: Week of July 31
On July 28, the Biden Administration released new data confirming that many who had health coverage during the coronavirus pandemic are now losing it. While a decline in Medicaid coverage
News Recap: Week of July 24
According to recent data from KFF, 75% of the nearly three million Americans who have lost Medicaid coverage may still be eligible for the public health insurance program. Across 32
News Recap: Week of July 17
According to new data from KFF, about 75 percent of the 2.7 million people who have lost Medicaid coverage across 32 states and Washington, D.C. still may be eligible for
News Recap: Week of June 26
States are continuing to disenroll Medicaid recipients at a staggering rate, with a large percentage of those losing their coverage still eligible for the program. While the Medicaid redetermination process
Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding Should Be a Joint Effort
Co-Authored by Chini Krishnan, CEO, GetInsured and Allison Sesso, CEO, RIP Medical Debt There has been heightened media coverage around states’ unwinding of one of the last vestiges of the
News Recap: Week of June 19
According to recent data, an estimated 1.5 million people have already lost their healthcare coverage since Medicaid redeterminations resumed on April 1. A majority of those were dropped due to
As Medicaid Disenrollments Grow, HHS Implores States to Take Action
Just months into the Medicaid redetermination process, state agencies are reporting a staggering number of beneficiaries being removed from these programs. More than 1.3 million Americans, including tens of thousands
News Recap: Week of May 22
Across the country, state Medicaid programs are redetermining the eligibility of an estimated 90 million beneficiaries. As experts predicted, new data from the states who have begun the redetermination process
News Recap: Week of May 8
Under legislation passed by House Republicans last week, able-bodied adults ages 19 to 55 who don’t have children or other dependents would be required to work in exchange for enrollment