Nearly 40K Snohomish County residents might lose Medicaid coverage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — An estimated 38,000 people in Snohomish County “may” start losing Medicaid eligibility in a few months, according to the Washington Health Care Authority.

Statewide that number is 386,000.

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This all becomes complicated very quickly. But the message from state agencies and others is simple: Update all of your contact information with the Health Care Authority, the Washington Healthplanfinder, your managed care organization and/or the Department of Social and Health Services. They will send mail, emails and even texts to notify you of renewal timelines.

During the federal COVID public health emergency, states waived the renewal requirements and allowed folks to stay covered.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/nearly-40k-snohomish-county-residents-might-lose-medicaid-coverage/

[Dalton555]

1. Pandemic coverage will end soon

Apple health has been keeping everybody on Medicaid who had Medicaid during the pandemic. A lot of folks might have become ineligible, but because of the pandemic, we as a state have decided to keep these people covered for a variety of intelligent reasons.

My expectation would be that the state is preparing to do enormous outreach when they do start taking people off Medicaid.