Pa. Medicaid reenrollment: What you need to know to keep your health insurance or find other options

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(link) https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/04/pa-medicaid-reenrollment-guide-appeal-help/

HARRISBURG — If you’re one of the nearly 3.7 million Pennsylvanians who use Medicaid for health insurance, you’ll need to requalify for coverage over the next year.

The process can be complicated, and it could be trickier this time around because reenrollment has been paused since the pandemic began. That’s why Spotlight PA has put together a list of tips and tools that can help.

First, some context. For the past three years, a pandemic-era federal moratorium prevented states from kicking people off Medicaid even if they no longer met income or other eligibility requirements. That policy ended on April 1, but nobody will lose their coverage right away.

The state conducts eligibility assessments on a rolling basis. If a recipient is found to no longer be eligible, they have the right to appeal. And if someone has trouble with the appeal process or feels they’re being wrongly deprived of benefits, many health care access groups around the commonwealth offer their services for free.

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Important info here, if you or someone you know is on the Medicaid program. Things are changing quickly so don't delay in re-enrolling.