Medicaid, PeachCare for Kids termination notices going out as Georgia rolls out 'unwinding'

With this COVID-era requirements no longer in effect, the federal government is giving states until next summer to reevaluate the eligibility of every person with Medicaid or children’s health insurance around the country for continued coverage. In Georgia, this is nearly three million people. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

The state has begun issuing termination notices for people who may no longer qualify for Medicaid or Georgia’s childrens’ health insurance program.

Over the next year, Georgia is reevaluating almost 3 million Medicaid members for continued health insurance coverage.

The earliest date Medicaid or PeachCare for Kids members could lose health coverage is June 1.