Anywhere from about 384,000 to 700,000 people in Illinois are expected to lose their Medicaid health coverage this year as federal protections put in place during the pandemic fade.
Jose Salmeron, who is insured with Medicaid, holds a folder of medical papers and a letter from the Department of Human Services at his home in Cicero on Feb. 17, 2023.The 70-year-old Cicero resident has been on the state and federally funded health insurance program, which is for people with low incomes and disabilities, for years. It covered him when he had heart surgery in 2015 and helps to pay for his ongoing care.
When the pandemic began, the federal government wanted to make sure as many people as possible had health coverage, so it began giving states extra money in exchange for states promising not to kick anyone off Medicaid. People on Medicaid no longer had to periodically prove they still qualified for the program in order to stay on it.
In Illinois, the first renewal notices will hit mailboxes in May and be due in June. That means the earliest Illinois residents will start losing Medicaid is July. Everyone on Medicaid will have a different renewal date, with some earlier in the year and some later.The federal government estimates that about 17% of people on Medicaid may lose coverage based on data from past years, which would equal about 700,000 people in Illinois.
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