Unwinding Continuous Coverage – Page 2 – Center For Children and Families

Child Enrollment in the Marketplaces Rose by Nearly 40 Percent During 2024 Open Enrollment but Increase Offsets Only Modest Share of Child Medicaid Unwinding Enrollment Losses

On March 22, 2024, the Centers for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released more detailed information on the nearly 21.5 million people — a historic high by far — who enrolled in the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces during the 2024 Open Enrollment Period. According to […]

Edwin Park

March 25, 2024

CMS Informational Bulletin Calls Out 10 “Do Nots” in Conducting Renewals

In an Informational Bulletin (CIB) released on March 15, 2024, CMS reminds states of their obligation to comply with all existing federal renewal requirements in Medicaid and CHIP. The CIB is the result of questions CMS has received from states, stakeholders, and external partners regarding the permissibility of certain renewal practices. The CIB describes 10 […]

Tricia Brooks

March 19, 2024

New from CCF: State Shares of Medicaid/CHIP MAGI Applications Exceeding 45-Day Processing Standard

Federal regulations establish a 45-day standard for acting on Medicaid applications for low-income children, families, and adults (also known as MAGI groups). Applications for MAGI groups are considered untimely and out of compliance with federal rules if processed after the 45-day standard. Just this week, CCF posted new maps that show month-by-month data reflecting the […]

Tricia Brooks

March 14, 2024

Surveys Show Unwinding Awareness Lags, Highlighting Need for Outreach

If you know Medicaid, you know that everything is not fine right now. The unwinding of the pandemic continuous coverage provision continues to have major effects on enrollment, with the net decline in child enrollment now exceeding 4 million. Administrative data from across the country show that 73.2% of people who are losing coverage are […]

Natalie Lawson

March 13, 2024

Survey Looks at Medicaid Unwinding Experiences for Spanish Speakers

By Melody Emenyonu, CCF communications intern, and Kelly Whitener The Protecting Immigrant Families recently partnered with UnidosUS and Noticias Para Inmigrantes to conduct a survey focused on Spanish-speaking adults and their experiences with Medicaid unwinding and the re-enrollment process. All 2,125 participants of the survey had at least one member of their family enrolled in […]

Guest, Kelly Whitener March 12, 2024

A Lifeline for Families of Children With Special Health Care Needs

By Gabby Benitez, Kristen Golden Testa and Nick Lutton Nine months after the start of a national effort to renew Americans’ Medicaid coverage, a tidal wave of people, including almost 200,000 children in California from June through October last year, lost their coverage – and an untold number may be joining them. Most disturbingly, this […]

Guest

February 9, 2024