Tag: Medicaid eligibility

The Rising Tide of Uninsured Americans and the Looming Threat of ACA Subsidies Ending in 2026

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The Rising Tide of Uninsured Americans and the Looming Threat of ACA Subsidies Ending in 2026

Uninsured Americans Rise to 27.1 Million in Early 2024, CDC Reports The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are sounding alarms across the healthcare landscape. More than 8% of Americans were uninsured during the first months of 2024, a significant uptick from the record-low uninsured rates observed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the CDC’s National Health Interview Survey, an estimated 27.1 million Americans of all ages lacked health insurance by March 2024. This marks an increase of 3.4 million uninsured individuals…

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Health insurance gone for 24,000 kids on Kansas Medicaid

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Health Insurance - Kids dropped from Medicaid

As the state continues its “unwinding review”, thousands of children have lost coverage The massive Medicaid “unwinding” review in Kansas has resulted in a massive number of children losing their health insurance coverage from the state program. Almost half of those who lost coverage were kids In fact, estimates show 47 percent of those who lost their health insurance following the Kansas Medicaid eligibility unwinding were children aged 18 years old or younger.  Kansas Action for Children senior policy advisor Heather Braum predicted in a recent Kansas Reflector report that…

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Medicaid health insurance coverage at stake for many people because of paperwork issues

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Health insurance - Help - Paperwork

People in a number of states have been struggling with paperwork issues and are losing their coverage. Procedural challenges and paperwork problems are being blamed for a rash of people losing their Medicaid health insurance coverage in several states throughout the country. The Health and Human Services Secretary is urging states to Health and Human Services Secretary do more to keep residents enrolled. Xavier Becerra, , is calling for states to do more to make sure their lower-income residents have the ability to remain covered by Medicaid health insurance coverage.…

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