Medicaid Eligibility Checks Resume: Redeterminations Explained

State Medicaid agencies will begin mailing out renewal forms starting April 1 seeking income-verifying information from beneficiaries as pandemic-era restrictions on eligibility checks are gradually lifted.

Legislation enacted early in the pandemic in 2020 temporarily increased federal funding for state Medicaid programs under the condition that states continuously cover beneficiaries until the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency. However, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 slowly unwinds the federal continuous coverage requirement through May 2024, allowing states to start eligibility redeterminations for all 83.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries—including more than 34.2 million children.

Redeterminations require beneficiaries to reapply for ...