Medicaid coverage swelled during theCOVID-19pandemic, with almost one in four Americans now covered by the health insurance plan for low-income people. But as many as 15 million people may be at risk of losing coverage this year as a pandemic rule winds down.Before the public health crisis,...
Continuous coverage of Medicaid during the pandemic Matthew Buettgens, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, explains how Medicaid eligibility checks were halted during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Challenges with unwinding Medicare continuous coverage Medicaid eligibility redetermi...
Continuous Medicaid Eligibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Postpartum Coverage, Health Care, and Outcomesdoi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0004Daw, Jamie R.MacCallum-Bridges, Colleen L.Kozhimannil, Katy B.Admon, Lindsay K.JAMA Health Forum...
These changes will have profound consequences. Millions of people will have to reestablish their eligibility for Medicaid and are at risk of losing coverage if they do not complete the required paperwork on time. The administration may ultimately decide to renew the COVID-19 emergency declaration a...
there is another danger looming on the horizon. Millions of additional people are in danger of losing Medicaid coverage whenever the COVID publichealthemergency declaration is allowed to expire and all of the paperwork and other administrative burdens restart, having been halted during the pandemic. ...
28, 2021 on a range of issues including opening the sign-up window for health coverage to uninsured Americans. WASHINGTON - A record 80.5 million Americans were receiving health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program earlier this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
The effort also comes as federal protections guaranteeing people stay continuously enrolled in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic is set to expire soon. Mississippi and Wyoming are among states that recently moved to provide Medicaid coverage for new moms a full year after giving birth. ...
“Medicaid programs nationwide have seen their enrollment numbers climb in recent years from 1) the expansion of healthcare qualifications for ACA plans and Medicaid by the current administration, and 2) the suspension of normal income-based Medicaid eligibility during the COVID-19 ...
The continuous Medicaid eligibility requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency was associated with increased postpartum Medicaid enrollment and reduced uninsurance.
SALEM, Ore. — Four out of five Oregonians have kept their Medicaid health insurance coverage sinceCOVID-related continuous enrollmentendedin 2023, according to updated data from Oregon Health Authority. While the overall number of people maintaining coverage has remained high, the rate of benefits ...