During the COVID-19 public health emergency, Congress prohibited states from disenrolling people from Medicaid. The idea was to prevent people from losing coverage during the pandemic. But the emergency has passed. On April 1, state Medicaid programs regained the ability to exclude people who were no longer eligible. Some states have decided to reevaluate the …
It’s time to invent a new health care delivery system in Kentucky, and it should be driven by health care providers, Sen. Stephen Meredith, D-Leitchfield, said in opening remarks at the Howard L Bost Memorial 2023 from the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Health Policy Forum, held October 11 in Lexington. Before making this assertion, …
TALLAHASSEE Amid intense scrutiny, state officials Wednesday defended a process to determine whether millions of people remain eligible for Medicaid coverage and said they were trying to help children find another health insurance if they left the program. Our main priorities here are we want to make sure that if you’re eligible, you maintain your …