About 15 million US residents will be left without Medicaid

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress states banned Medicaid eligibility assessments process. But after these years, the panorama is different.
Medicaid eligibility has already been verified since April 1 in some North American states.

How do you apply for Medicaid? What is Medicaid? Or, what differences are there between Medicaid and Medicare? These have been questions many have been asking themselves for a long time. However, the biggest concern right now is the potential for millions of Americans to lose Medicaid benefits.

Where does Medicaid end?

Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Hampshire and South Dakota will be the first to suffer terminations. It is followed by 14 more states in May and 20 more states, plus the District of Columbia, in June.

With this said, all states are set to complete their termination processes in the next 14 months, although the number of people excluded will be alarming.

According to US government figures, an estimated 15 million people will be kicked out of the Medicaid program. Which equates to 1 in 6 of the 84 million people who have Medicaid.

Others, however, may be eligible, but may also be disenrolled for procedural reasons, such as not completing renewal forms when applying for Medicaid. A Georgetown analysis says that at least 6.7 million children are at risk.

Why was this decision made with Medicaid?

Between 2020 and 2022, Medicaid enrollment increased by 5 million people, thus the Consolidated Appropriations Act was approved. For its part, said law directs states to restart eligibility controls that were in place before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moreover, approximately 380,000 working adults will be seriously affected because their income is too low to qualify for Obamacare. While they would be higher than staying in the ranks of Medicaid. So these adults can stay in the middle without the help of one or the other.

Nearly 152,000 residents signed up for Medicaid in January, but it appears that more than 22,000 people are currently ineligible. In this sense, the agency has expressed that it will give priority to reviewing those who may not be eligible because they no longer meet the various requirements.

In other words, those who are ineligible will be terminated with 10 days’ notice. For those eligible to expand in July, you will be notified when enrollment is canceled and a reminder will be sent to you in June.

Finally, amidst all the discontent and anxiety, the agency encourages those who are not eligible to reapply. This will be after the Medicaid expansion takes effect.