{"id":1899259,"date":"2023-03-16T13:12:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-million-could-lose-medicaid-coverage-as-pandemic-era-continuous-enrollment-ends\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T17:13:44","slug":"15-million-could-lose-medicaid-coverage-as-pandemic-era-continuous-enrollment-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-million-could-lose-medicaid-coverage-as-pandemic-era-continuous-enrollment-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"15 million could lose Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era continuous enrollment ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F15-million-could-lose-medicaid-coverage-as-pandemic-era-continuous-enrollment-ends%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1899259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-8 col-xl-9 float-left body colgap-l-50\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78739907\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Three years into Covid-19, federal government struggling to understand scope of pandemic fraud\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a panel of 20 inspectors general from across government tasked with overseeing pandemic aid, announced in January that its investigators identified nearly 70,000 \"questionable\" Social Security numbers that were used to obtain more than $5 billion from the Small Business Administration's two pandemic loan programs, raising the prospect of massive fraud. The Paycheck Protection Program, a relief fund designed to help businesses keep staff on the payroll during lockdowns with forgivable loans, was especially vulnerable to abuse during the early months of the pandemic. That's because the federal government did not take even basic steps to verify borrowers' claims in 2020.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M2S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-13 20:28:15\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1261888_th_1678739502.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1261888.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_78739907\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1261888\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">R<\/span>As states begin to reconsider eligibility, approximately 15 million people could be removed from Medicaid rolls within the next year. This is due to the COVID-19 emergency provision that allowed individuals to remain enrolled unwinds. <\/p>\n<p>According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, 18% of Medicaid recipients, or approximately 15 million people, will lose their coverage when states start to de-enroll eligible people beginning April 1. <\/p>\n<p><b>THREE YEARS AGO FROM COVID-19: LASTING EFFECTS OF DISRUPTIONS CHILDREN<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As states begin to &#8216;unwind&#8217; the continuous enrollment provision, many people will likely be found to be no longer eligible for Medicaid. Others could face administrative barriers and lose coverage despite remaining eligible,&#8221; The report was completed. <\/p>\n<p>To receive federal funds during an emergency declaration, the states were required by law to offer continuous enrollment in Medicaid. It is a federal program that covers healthcare costs for those with limited incomes and resources. This has allowed most people to stay enrolled and not to have to reapply. <\/p>\n<p>People would experience lapses in coverage before continuous enrollment. This was because they had incomes that were not sufficient to be eligible for coverage. <\/p>\n<p><b>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The continuous enrollment and the passing of bills by states to expand Medicaid access has led to a surge in Medicaid enrollment during the pandemic. Congress made a deal with the states last year to allow them to start removing people who are not eligible. Since then, the Biden administration announced that it will let COVID-19&#8217;s public health emergency expire on May 1. <\/p>\n<p>It is a sign that many states face staffing issues that could hinder their ability review renewals of Medicaid. The Kaiser Family Foundation survey revealed that more than half of 49 states responded said they have vacancies rates greater than 10%. &#8220;front-line eligibility workers,&#8221; They also stated that overtime will be approved and they will hire temporary staff to fill the shortages.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/15-million-medicaid-coverage-pandemic-emergency-continuous-enrollment\">15 million could lose Medicaid coverage if continuous enrollment in the pandemic-era period ends<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roughly 15 million people could fall off Medicaid rolls in the next year as states begin to redetermine eligibility for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as a provision under the COVID-19 public health emergency that allowed individuals to stay enrolled unwinds. 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