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SUMMARY:When “Exempt” Isn’t Enough: Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Invitation: When “Exempt” Isn’t Enough: Medicaid Work Requirements and Maternal Mental Health \nMedicaid work requirements are set to take effect soon\, creating a burdensome administrative process that most enrollees will need to navigate to keep their coverage. Certain populations are exempt from these requirements—including people who are pregnant or postpartum\, and those parenting a child age 13 or under. But exemption doesn’t mean automatic protection: in most cases\, individuals must actively prove or attest to their exempt status\, often through paperwork and verification processes that are easy to miss or misunderstand. \nOn paper\, this should mean pregnant\, postpartum\, and parenting individuals face no risk to their health insurance. In practice\, the complexity of federal rules—combined with the burden of proving an exemption rather than simply receiving one—will inevitably create confusion\, fear\, and unnecessary coverage loss for people who qualify. \nFor people who are pregnant\, postpartum\, or parenting\, this could mean slipping through the cracks of a system that assumes they’re protected but doesn’t make that protection easy to keep—worsening maternal mental health in the process. For people of childbearing age more broadly\, it could mean losing access to pregnancy and pre-pregnancy counseling that helps them achieve and maintain healthy pregnancies. Join Funders for Maternal Mental Health and Grantmakers In Health on October 14th from 2 pm – 3:15 pm ET / 11 am – 12:15 pm PT for a webinar on this timely topic. \nThe goals of this webinar are to: \n\nUnderstand who is exempt from Medicaid work requirements and how exemptions are verified;\nIdentify barriers that exempt pregnant individuals and parents may face in navigating the verification process;\nConsider how complex requirements can disproportionately affect certain families\, particularly those in need of mental health services and supports;\nExplore promising approaches in navigating these requirements and maintaining coverage; and\nDiscuss opportunities for funders to support policies\, practices\, and community-based approaches that help ensure exempt individuals and their families are not left behind.\n\nConfirmed Speakers: \n\nKelly Brittain\, Children’s Foundation of Michigan\nElisabeth Burak\, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families\nSarah Maresh\, Nebraska Appleseed\nDána Langord\, Village of Healing\n\nRegister here
URL:https://www.gih.org/event/when-exempt-isnt-enough-medicaid-work-requirements-and-maternal-mental-health/
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