As the pandemic Public Health Emergency ends, millions of people could become uninsured. Nightly reports 👇
Maryland Del. Joseline Pena-Melnyk, a Democrat who chairs the Maryland House and Government Operations Committee, speaks at a news conference to remind state residents that Medicaid renewal is no longer automatic as it was during the Covid-19 pandemic. | Brian Witte/AP PhotoIt may become the Great Medicaid Falling-Between-the-Cracks.
Most people currently on Medicaid will still be eligible — if they get through the notification and recertification process. Others will be eligible for heavily-subsidized plans on the Affordable Care Act markets, or may get covered at work. “These are low-income people whose lives are often unstable and chaotic,” said Larry Levitt, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation. “Even in the most proactive states, many people will fall through the cracks.”— from how well their consumer call systems respond to how transparent they are on their data. Gaps are already emerging.
“The key messages [to patients] have been 1. update your contact information with the state Medicaid agency 2. check your mail for your renewal form from your state Medicaid agency and 3. complete your renewal form,” Ted Henson, who leads an outreach and enrollment collaborative at the National Association of Community Health Centers, emailed Nightly.
Redetermination is normally fairly routine — but it hasn’t happened now for three years, and to some people who are new to Medicaid, it’s particularly confusing. “We are trying to inform them that this is the new normal. Or the old normal,” he said.
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