As readers of Say Ahhh! know, I have been tracking monthly data (here, here, and here) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the number of people who were either previously enrolled in Medicaid or had experienced a denial or termination who then selected a marketplace plan. CMS has just issued new […]
To meet the unprecedented moment of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage protection, states have implemented a range of innovative policies to make the renewal process smoother for enrollees as well as state eligibility workers. One tool that states have increasingly used is Section 1902(e)(14)(A) waivers, or “e14s,” which we have written about previously […]
We’ve been tracking changes in Medicaid enrollment for everyone including children. Sadly, today our tracker of net child Medicaid enrollment losses went over two million nationwide and exceeded five million for adults and children combined. And states are not done yet! According to KFF’s recent estimates, we’re only about one-third of the way through the […]
By Emma Walsh-Alker, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms The annual open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace coverage kicks off November 1 in most states. A number of new and ongoing policy changes will impact the Marketplace in 2024, including special enrollment opportunities tied to the Medicaid “unwinding,” continuing enhanced financial […]
Last week, Joan Alker and Jade Little blogged about the troubling trend of children losing Medicaid as enrollment declines near 2 million. Leading up to the unwinding, researchers estimated that 57% of children losing Medicaid would be eligible for CHIP based on income. There are many reasons why children don’t successfully transition seamlessly from Medicaid […]
The following is a statement by Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy in response to American Academy of Pediatrics New Policy Statement: “I applaud the new policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics outlining the direction that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance […]
