From February 7, 2024 LA Times: “The Biden administration predicted about 15 million people would lose coverage under Medicaid or CHIP during the unwinding period, nearly half due to procedural issues. Both predictions have proved low. Based on data reported so far, disenrollments are likely to exceed 17 million, according to KFF — 70% due to procedural reasons.”
Since last April, states have removed more than 16 million people from their Medicaid programs in a process known as the “unwinding,” according to KFF estimates compiled from state-level data. (Read the Times coverage “Halfway through Medicaid purge, enrollment is down about 10 million.” )
Can you imagine losing your health insurance because your address wasn’t updated? During the last 10 months, more than 12 million Americans have been denied health insurance for procedural reasons,
such as postal addresses not matching. Sadly, Texas is and was one of the states dropping the most otherwise eligible children and families. Fortunately, Texas can look to other states, like Arizona, that did a much better job to improve for the future. Let’s work with HHSC and the legislature to improve our eligibility processes to help everyone involved.
From February 7, 2024 LA Times: “The Biden administration predicted about 15 million people would lose coverage under Medicaid or CHIP during the unwinding period, nearly half due to procedural issues. Both predictions have proved low. Based on data reported so far, disenrollments are likely to exceed 17 million, according to KFF — 70% due to procedural reasons.”
Since last April, states have removed more than 16 million people from their Medicaid programs in a process known as the “unwinding,” according to KFF estimates compiled from state-level data. (Read the Times coverage “Halfway through Medicaid purge, enrollment is down about 10 million.” )
Can you imagine losing your health insurance because your address wasn’t updated? During the last 10 months, more than 12 million Americans have been denied health insurance for procedural reasons,
such as postal addresses not matching. Sadly, Texas is and was one of the states dropping the most otherwise eligible children and families. Fortunately, Texas can look to other states, like Arizona, that did a much better job to improve for the future. Let’s work with HHSC and the legislature to improve our eligibility processes to help everyone involved.
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