Now a year into the process, the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Unwinding, through which many policies put in place during the pandemic ended or changed, has resulted in more than 22,700,000 Americans losing their Medicaid coverage. Of those, 5.13 million are children.
For families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), any lapse in health care coverage could have devastating impacts. This is particularly concerning for children of color, many of whom are covered by Medicaid and face additional barriers to accessing health care.
Our team has assembled a list of helpful resources for families and service providers:
Our Funded Work
- Ensuring Access to Health Care for Medicaid and CHIP Enrolled Children During and Beyond the Public Health Emergency
- Ensuring Protections for California’s Families at a Critical Time
- Helping Families Understand and Address Issues Related to the Unwinding of the PHE
- Protecting Child Well-Being During the PHE Unwinding
- Solutions Journalism Stories and Columns on CYSHCN and their Families
National Resources
- Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Transition Roadmap – from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Unwinding Continuous Coverage – from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families
- Renew Your Medicaid or CHIP Coverage – from Medicaid.gov
- Public Health Emergency Unwinding Resources – from the Kaiser Family Foundation
- COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Continuous Coverage Unwinding – Medicaid Eligibility – from the National Health Law Program
- Attempts to scam Medicaid Members popping up nationwide as unwinding commences – from the National Association of Medicaid Directors
- Telehealth Flexibilities and Resources and the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – from the US Department of Health and Human Services
- Fact Sheet: End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency – from the US Department of Health and Human Services
- A Closer Look at Medicaid Call Center Options as the Unwinding Kicks into High Gear – from Georgetown Center for Children and Families
- State Dashboards to Monitor the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement – from State Health and Value Strategies
- Promoting Coverage for MCH: Recent Resources and Tools – from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
California-specific Resources
- Keep yourself and your family covered – from the California Department of Health Care Services
- Medi-Cal Renwals Are Back – Tips for Keeping Coverage – from the National Health Law Program and Western Center on Law and Poverty
- Planning for the End of the Continuous Coverage Requirement – from the California Department of Health Care Services
- Medi-Cal Unwinding and Renewals Restart Feedback Loop – from The Children’s Partnership & the National Health Law Program