Medicaid to cut 14 MILLION Americans from health coverage as states crack down on eligibility for the first time in years.

Medicaid rolls have not been checked since onset of COVID-19 pandemic

States will ask residents to re-enroll on the program to see i
if they still qualify

Medicaid currently covers 84 million Americans - 20 million more than 2020

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By Sophie Mann

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Prior to COVID, people would frequently lose their Medicaid coverage if they began making too much money to qualify for the program, or if they managed to gain new healthcare through their employers.

People were also regularly kicked off the Medicaid rolls of a given state if they moved to a new state.

Now residents will be required to fill out forms verifying their personal information, including income, address and size of household.

While some states like Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia will begin removing ineligible individuals from Medicaid in early April, others will begin the purge in May, June and July.

States will mail renewal forms to homes and under federal government requirements will also be forced to contact individuals in another way - either by phone, text message or email.

Individuals will be given 30 days to fill out the re-enrollment form before they are kicked off Medicaid.

The alternative coverage (Obummercare) will of course be different and may require a change in doctors, as well as higher co-pays and out-of-pocket expenses.

A special enrollment period for those kicked off of Medicaid will begin at the end of March and last for 60 days after a person loses coverage.

Though many adults will cease being eligible for Medicaid, most children will still be eligible for some sort of government coverage - be it Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Up to 90 percent of US children will still be eligible for those programs according to estimates from the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families.