WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥� (August 2, 2023) 鈥�Miranda Motter, AHIP鈥檚 Senior Vice President of State Affairs and Policy, recently joined the Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans to discuss Medicaid redeterminations from a national perspective.
After a 3-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, states have begun checking whether people enrolled in Medicaid or CHIP are still eligible for these programs. Known as Medicaid redetermination, this process will impact 1 in every 4 Americans and has resulted in nearly 4 million people disenrolled from Medicaid .
Motter noted the unprecedented nature of the redeterminations process:
鈥淣early 95 million people in states all across the country are going to have their Medicaid eligibility checked or verified鈥nd the people covered in Medicaid haven鈥檛 gone through this process over 3 years. So, I don鈥檛 think that any of us can鈥nderstate the massiveness鈥f this.鈥�
Motter also discussed the role of health insurance providers in helping people stay covered:
鈥淓stimates are that鈥etween 8 and 24 million people鈥攊ndividuals, families, kids鈥攃ould lose Medicaid coverage during this process. And so health insurance providers are鈥ontinuing to build awareness. 鈥� [we鈥檙e] working alongside federal and state agencies to urge Medicaid enrollees to take action. You鈥檝e got to take action now.鈥�
Motter closed by highlighting the role that social and environmental factors play, sharing an experience of a care manager for a Medicaid managed care organization. Health insurance providers are focused on keeping eligible people enrolled in Medicaid, helping to ensure access to these important interventions:
鈥淭he care manager鈥aw that there wasn鈥檛 any food in the house. Not having food explained a lot about the struggles that person with having with their health care. And that health care manager was immediately able to connect that person to a food source. Which in turn helped improve that person鈥檚 health. Really meeting their social needs is life-changing for so many.鈥�
Listen to the , Medicaid Redeterminations: A National Perspective.
Download AHIP鈥檚 Medicaid redeterminations toolkit (in English and Spanish).
Discover more 熊猫视频Medicaid resources.