Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP):

Medicaid and CHIP offer free or low-cost health coverage for eligible children and other family members. These programs may be called by different names in your state. For example, Medicaid is called “Medi-Cal” in California, “SoonerCare” in Oklahoma, “Apple Health” in Washington State, and “DenaliCare” in Alaska. You can search by state for program names here.

“Medicaid Unwinding” – What is it?

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted a law which included a requirement that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled in exchange for enhanced federal funding. However, millions of people could lose coverage now that this requirement has ended. All states have resumed checking Medicaid eligibility (also called redeterminations) after the three-year pause due to the public health emergency (PHE).