Georgia reinstates Medicaid coverage for some adults and children amid 'Unwinding'

Nearly 18,000 people will see their Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids coverage reinstated after the Georgia Department of Community Health earlier acknowledged it had inappropriately cut off their coverage during an ongoing process dubbed the Medicaid unwinding. 

Until April, federal COVID-19 public health emergency declarations prevented states from removing anyone from their Medicaid rolls. The goal was to ensure as many Americans could access health care as possible during earlier phases of the pandemic. 

Now that the Biden administration has phased out these initial public health emergency rules, states are “redetermining” all of their Medicaid recipients.