Grantmakers In Health (GIH) is grateful to the 30 co-signatories who joined us in submitting a comment letter responding to a proposed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Interim Final Rule requiring adult Medicaid beneficiaries to work or perform community service for 80 hours per month or risk losing their Medicaid benefits.
If implemented, the Interim Final Rule would create procedural barriers to coverage for eligible individuals and families, while imposing significant administrative burdens across the Medicaid ecosystem, including for beneficiaries, community-based organizations (CBOs), and health care providers. Many people who are otherwise eligible for Medicaid are expected to lose coverage inappropriately as a result of these new eligibility verification requirements. To learn more about the effects of the Medicaid Community Engagement Interim Final Rule, click here for our summary. Given the expected impact on health care coverage in communities across the country, we encouraged philanthropic organizations to add their voices to this response.
Additionally, GIH joined with public health leaders to comment that the proposed rule exceeds federal authority, creates unnecessary administrative barriers and threatens access to care for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions.
If your organization submitted their own comment, please share a copy with Ann Rodgers so GIH can track the field’s response to this issue.