Californians surprised by loss of Medi-Cal insurance
Industry News
Thursday, December 21 2023
This spring, states restarted eligibility reviews for low-income people enrolled in Medicaid, better known as Medi-Cal in California. These check-ups usually happen every year, but the federal government paused them in 2020 so that people would maintain health benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now six months into the renewed eligibility process, thousands of Californians are finding that they are losing their coverage due to missing or incomplete paperwork. Many, like Miguel’s children, are still eligible, but don’t learn they’re going without coverage until they seek medical care.
More than 928,000 people had their Medi-Cal terminated between June and October, according to state data. The vast majority of them — close to 90% — lost Medi-Cal coverage because of so-called “procedural reasons,” often meaning problems with paperwork. California has the fourth worst rate of terminations linked to procedural issues in the nation, according to the health policy research organization KFF (formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation).
Among Californians who have been due for Medi-Cal renewals, 47% retained coverage, 15% were kicked off for paperwork problems, 2% no longer qualified and 35% are still under review, the KFF tracker shows.
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Now six months into the renewed eligibility process, thousands of Californians are finding that they are losing their coverage due to missing or incomplete paperwork. Many, like Miguel’s children, are still eligible, but don’t learn they’re going without coverage until they seek medical care.
More than 928,000 people had their Medi-Cal terminated between June and October, according to state data. The vast majority of them — close to 90% — lost Medi-Cal coverage because of so-called “procedural reasons,” often meaning problems with paperwork. California has the fourth worst rate of terminations linked to procedural issues in the nation, according to the health policy research organization KFF (formerly known as the Kaiser Family Foundation).
Among Californians who have been due for Medi-Cal renewals, 47% retained coverage, 15% were kicked off for paperwork problems, 2% no longer qualified and 35% are still under review, the KFF tracker shows.
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