Women, Chronically Ill Shielded as Oklahoma Medicaid Checks Near

Mothers, children, and patients with chronic health conditions will be last to lose Medicaid coverage in Oklahoma once checks on income eligibility resume in the spring.

The initiative from the Oklahoma Medicaid Authority aims to take advantage of the Biden administration’s 14-month window for eligibility checks by evaluating Medicaid beneficiaries based on need, targeting people who rarely use Medicaid services early in the unwinding schedule while delaying the cancellation of coverage for vulnerable populations.

Since the start of the Covid-19 public health emergency, state Medicaid programs have been prevented from conducting income eligibility checks as a part of a continuous ...