Unwinding Continuous Coverage – Page 8 – Center For Children and Families

CMS Asks States and Stakeholders to Lean In and Help Respond to Mounting Concerns About Eligible Children, New Moms and Others Losing Medicaid During Unwinding

As outcomes data has emerged from states getting an early start on resuming Medicaid renewals, there are mounting concerns about eligible children, new moms, and others losing coverage due to procedural disenrollments. In response, CMS released additional information on the unwinding, including a letter from HHS Secretary Becerra to governors urging them to adopt additional […]

Tricia Brooks

June 14, 2023

New CBO Estimates of the Impact of Unwinding on Medicaid Enrollment, Uninsured

On May 24, 2023, the Congressional Budget Office issued new health coverage estimates for people under age 65 through a Health Affairs article and an updated May 2023 “Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage” baseline. The estimates show the expected adverse impact of unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage protection in substantially reducing Medicaid enrollment […]

Edwin Park

May 31, 2023

Preventing the “Unwelcome Mat” Effect: Ensuring Eligible Kids Remain Covered

One of our biggest concerns heading into the unwinding has been children experiencing gaps in health care coverage, especially as a result of losing coverage despite remaining eligible. As my colleague Elisabeth Wright Burak detailed a few weeks ago, these fears are already coming true in at least one state. Later this week, most states […]

Allexa Gardner

May 31, 2023

More Outreach to Families Needed During the Unwinding; Some States Are Stepping Up Their Game

KFF released new survey data that finds two-thirds of Medicaid enrollees are unprepared for the renewal process as states begin the process of “unwinding” the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement that was lifted by Congress on March 31. The KFF survey includes more interesting data that reveals that large majorities across demographic groups are not aware […]

Tricia Brooks

May 24, 2023

New Interactive Maps Show Importance of Medicaid Coverage to Children and Families in Rural Counties and Small Towns

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, with data from the University of North Carolina’s Sheps Rural Health Research Center, has examined the role Medicaid plays in health insurance coverage in rural areas, including how state Medicaid expansions helped reduce uninsurance, as part of our rural health policy project launched in 2017. Now we have […]

Joan Alker, Aubrianna Osorio May 23, 2023

How Many Children Just Lost Coverage in Florida?

We just received a copy of Florida’s report to CMS on its first month of “unwinding” the Medicaid continuous coverage provisions for April and the data is alarming. Of the 461,322 people whose eligibility was checked, more than half — 54% or 249,427 people — were terminated. Most of those terminated (82%) had their cases […]

Joan Alker

May 16, 2023