Louisville officials encouraging Jefferson County residents to renew Medicaid

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Thousands of Jefferson County residents are at risk of losing their health insurance.

Eligibility for Medicaid was expanded during the pandemic and the renewal process was suspended. But now the Kentucky Department of Medicaid Services is rolling back the COVID-19-era policies.

In Louisville, 45,000 people will need to renew their Medicaid insurance, which means they'll be responsible for completing paperwork and turning in information that shows they're eligible for Medicaid.

"We cannot afford to have 45,000 people lose coverage because they don't know what's going on because they miss a mail notification or they aren't sure how to respond," Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

There are steps people can take to renew Medicaid:

Update your address with the Department of Medicaid Services (DMS) by calling 1-800-635-2570 or visiting kynect by clicking here.
When you receive your Medicaid renewal notification, take action. The Medicaid renewal process in Kentucky will last through April 2024. Recipients or families are notified the month before their renewal with 30 days to complete the renewal process and 90 for retroactive coverage
Get free help with your renewal paper by using local application assistants by clicking here.

According to a news release, last month 74,000 people across Kentucky were contacted to renew their Medicaid insurance. Nearly 10,000 lost their insurance due to ineligibility while more than 24,000 lost their insurance from needing to submit their paperwork.