The legislation – which expires at midnight tonight – ends Americans’ automatic enrollment in Medicaid coverage, which provides medical coverage for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, people with disabilities and elderly adults.
The required continuous Medicaid enrollment, however, expires at midnight due to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, which will gradually phase out continuous enrollment over the next year. KFF estimates anywhere between 5.3 million and 14.2 million Americans will lose their Medicaid coverage during that 12-month period.
KFF also says those most affected by this change will likely be people with disabilities, people with limited English proficiency and people who moved during the pandemic, due to added difficulties in completing the Medicaid renewal process. For example, 19 states – including Ohio – provide their Medicaid website homepage in English only, and only 15 states provide a statement on reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, according to KFF.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , along with the Department of Human and Health Services , in September 2022 of rulemaking changes to simplify the Medicaid renewal process for health agencies, states and individuals.updating your contact information with your state, checking your mail for a letter about your coverage and completing a renewal form.
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