An estimated 140,000 Virginia children will no longer be covered by Medicaid as pandemic-era protections expire.
people from Medicaid as early as allowable in April. Virginia is one of 14 states beginning disenrollments in May, while Maryland and D.C. join 22 states starting in Juneand nine others will follow in July, yet Joan Alker, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, noted the region’s top leaders have been publicly silent on this major undertaking.
nationally. Nearly one third of people unenrolled will likely be Latino and 15 percent Black, according toDuring the pandemic in Virginia, Medicaid enrollment grew from 1.5 million to almost 2.2 million, Sarah Hatton, deputy director for administration the Department of Medical Assistance Services, said in an interview Thursday.
One woman, a 38-year-old recent immigrant from Peru who asked not to be named due to her immigration status, told Kadhim that “I would like to find out if my husband and my sisters can be enrolled in the same type of coverage that I have,” Maria said. As she spoke her baby played in his stroller while her toddler, wearing pink sneakers with a pink scrunchie in her hair, sat quietly holding a lollipop.Although the woman may not qualify to keep her coverage, Kadhim said she is confident most of her clients will get the help they need to re-enroll.
Officials said the most complicated cases will be handled by 120 local social service agencies that have a statewide vacancy rate of about 16 percent — meaning they are about 480 people short for jobs with low pay and high turnover and that require significant training. “We’re setting ourselves up to stress test a system that’s already on the verge,” said Sara Cariano, senior health policy analyst at the Virginia Poverty Law Center, which deploys about two dozen navigators statewide to help federally qualified health centers and community organizations with enrollments.
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