Medicaid rally
Community organizers, health care advocates and lawmakers championed a proposed bill on Feb. 28, 2022, that would expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to thousands of people. Kristen Schorsch / WBEZ
Medicaid rally
Community organizers, health care advocates and lawmakers championed a proposed bill on Feb. 28, 2022, that would expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to thousands of people. Kristen Schorsch / WBEZ

More than 47,000 Illinoisians lost Medicaid coverage at the start of August. Hundreds of thousands more could lose coverage before the redetermination process is complete.

Reset discusses how to get reinstated and what residents need to do to prove they are eligible for coverage.

GUEST: Samantha Olds Frey, CEO of Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans (IAMHP)

Medicaid rally
Community organizers, health care advocates and lawmakers championed a proposed bill on Feb. 28, 2022, that would expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to thousands of people. Kristen Schorsch / WBEZ
Medicaid rally
Community organizers, health care advocates and lawmakers championed a proposed bill on Feb. 28, 2022, that would expand Medicaid health insurance coverage to thousands of people. Kristen Schorsch / WBEZ

More than 47,000 Illinoisians lost Medicaid coverage at the start of August. Hundreds of thousands more could lose coverage before the redetermination process is complete.

Reset discusses how to get reinstated and what residents need to do to prove they are eligible for coverage.

GUEST: Samantha Olds Frey, CEO of Illinois Association of Medicaid Health Plans (IAMHP)