Medicaid Health Plans Ask Congress For One-Year Continuous Eligibility

Medicaid health plans want lawmakers to include in their reconciliation package a provision that gives states the option to provide 12-month continuous eligibility for all Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries. The Alliance of Community Health Plans, Association for Community Affiliated Plans and Medicaid Health Plans of America, among others, said in letters to House and Senate leadership Monday (Aug. 31) they’re concerned about Medicaid and CHIP coverage and care disruptions once the public health emergency ends and one...