Millions of Texans — mostly children, young adults and new moms — stayed on Medicaid for the duration of the pandemic. The state will soon start reevaluating eligibility.
Alexandria Robertson shows her daughters Novah Wilson and Kellani-Ari Wilson ultrasound pictures from her pregnancies in their home in Manor on Thursday.
But then, just a few weeks later, COVID-19 descended on the United States. For the length of the public health emergency — which turns three next month — no one would be moved off of Medicaid.and to respond to renewal notices from the state. Two-year-old Novah Wilson and her one-year-old sister Kellani-Ari drive a toy car down the hallway on Feb. 2, 2023 in Manor, TX.Kellani-Ari Wilson picks up her refilled sippy-cup on the kitchen counter in Manor, TX, on Feb. 2, 2023.First: Two-year-old Novah and her 1-year-old sister Kellani-Ari drive a toy car down the hallway of their Manor home on Thursday. Last: Kellani-Ari picks up her refilled sippy cup on the kitchen counter.
“It’s just so hard to be a new mom and take care of a baby, and then on top of that, you don’t feel well or you’re worried about other things,” Crompton said. “To me, if mom's health is good and she feels good, then that's going to make a big difference in that baby's health.” If they did get on birth control, Crompton said, “you better like the one you get, because you can’t switch without having to pay out of pocket and it can be really expensive.”
Quint-Bouzid said continuous coverage incentivized the entire health care system to more fully engage with pregnant and postpartum women. States have 12 months to determine who still qualifies for Medicaid. But the Texas Health and Human Services Commission createdHealth advocates have raised concerns about this timeline, especially with agency staffing shortages. HHSC is short more than 300 “eligibility advisors,” who help process benefits applications and renewals, a vacancy rate of 6.35%. This is down from more than 20% in April 2022, the agency said.
“If you have a problem with your insurance, who do you call? Your insurance company,” she said. “We already have always been the first people they call, even though we’ve never really been responsible for eligibility. Now, we can actually log in ourselves and we can set up a [virtual] visit with them and go through this entire application together.”
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