Many of these improvements – like moving to a mobile-friendly site and making it easier to upload documents – are welcome improvements – but it is the timing of the move that is scary. The FAQ’s leave many questions unanswered – like what happens if you don’t create a new account? What happens to people who are in the midst of the unwinding process right now? With procedural terminations already accounting for 73% of Medicaid unwinding coverage losses in Florida (a ratio that has been steadily ticking upwards) this is a recipe for disaster – with more eligible children and families losing Medicaid coverage. Undoubtedly this will make the process much, much, harder. It also makes it hard to help people with any online process – an experience that many of us have had when assisting elderly parents with online transactions. Two-factor authentication is often very hard to do for those who don’t have multiple devices on hand and/or are not tech savvy. ![]() ![]() Q 16 notes that everyone needs an email address and Q 11 specifies that two-factor authentication must happen every time you log in. 9 is very clear that current accounts cannot be converted however – the user will have to do something to link their old account. CHIP enrollment has not picked up much to account for this decline.įAQ’s on the new system are here Q 5 clarifies that everyone has to create a new account and once you do you can theoretically link to your current assistance case. ![]() 1 in 8 Floridians are receiving food assistance through SNAP – obviously there is overlap with Medicaid enrollment but still – we’re talking a good chunk of the population of Florida – and by definition people and families that are not likely to be swimming in Apple devices for this entirely online transaction.įlorida is in the midst of Medicaid unwinding and it has not gone well – with just under 300,000 net decline in child Medicaid enrollment and numerous stories of very sick children losing Medicaid they were clearly still eligible for. With little advance notice to the community, the state of Florida announced in mid-November that it was moving next week (December 5 th) to a new portal for eligibility for Medicaid, SNAP, child care and TANF and that every person/household in the state accessing those benefits will need to create a new account.Įvery person create a new account? Do you know how many people that is? Is it really everyone including people in long term care? Florida’s Medicaid enrollment has declined by over 600,000 people in the last six months due to the state’s aggressive push to get families off during unwinding, but enrollment is still over 5 million people as of October.
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