ATLANTA — In the eight months since Georgia’s Medicaid redetermination process began, more than 500,000 patients have lost their health insurance if it’s through Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids.
As of December, just over 503,500 patients, or roughly 41% of those who attempted to renew or receive benefits through the program, had been terminated or deemed ineligible, according to state data. It is shown that there is.
In December alone, 49,418 patients were discontinued from the program and more than 6,800 were deemed ineligible.
As of the latest reporting data, 42,476 Georgians still have applications pending. In the same month, 128,071 Georgians had renewal pending and 45,388 had automatic renewal.
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A mid-January Georgia Department of Community Health publication on the rollback process said it expects 14% of pending renewals to maintain coverage beyond December, but 40% will remain in the situation. He said he was determined to be ineligible due to changes in the state and lack of response from the state. Information request.
Officials said 35% of individuals who met the December renewal deadline were procedurally discontinued from the two health insurance programs.
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As for the reason, DCH said, “The state believes that the more than 17,000 people who were procedurally laid off may have lost eligibility due to several factors, including increased income, changes in household composition, ineligibility due to aging, or moving.” We have data that shows that it is high.” It’s out of state. ”
According to Georgia’s income limits published by the U.S. government website Benefits.gov, the income requirement for individuals to qualify for the state’s Medicaid and PeachCare coverage is $36,013 per year before taxes.
For children under 19, the individual income limit is $29,892 per year before taxes, meaning those at or below 205 percent of the federal poverty level, according to state agency documents.
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