Ep. 67. Unwind: The End of Continuous Coverage for Medicaid

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As part of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) enacted by Congress, Medicaid programs were required to keep individuals continuously enrolled in the program to receive enhanced federal funding (typically, Medicaid requires an annual eligibility renewal). The continuous enrollment requirement was decoupled from the PHE through the Consolidated Appropriations Act (passed in late 2022) and is set to expire on April 1. States have some flexibility in how they "unwind" the automatic, continuous health coverage provisions that have been in place. To help make sense of how New York is approaching the unwind, Rockefeller Institute Senior Fellow for Health Policy Courtney Burke is joined by Amir Bassiri, deputy commissioner and Medicaid director at the New York State Department of Health, Danielle Holahan, executive director of New York State of Health, and Lisa Sbrana, director of the Division of Eligibility and Marketplace Integration at the New York State Department of Health.

Guests:

Courtney Burke, senior fellow for health policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government

Amir Bassiri, deputy commissioner and Medicaid Director, New York State Department of Health

Danielle Holahan, executive director, New York State of Health

Lisa Sbrana, director, Division of Eligibility and Marketplace Integration, New York State Department of Health

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