Stuff you need to know, 7.6.23

“With end of public health emergency, thousands in danger of Medicaid disenrollment without action”
by Susan Dunlap, NM Political Report
July 5, 2023

Individuals receiving a large, turquoise envelope through the mail should open it because it could be from the New Mexico Human Services Department informing the family they are losing Medicaid coverage because, during the pandemic, their eligibility certification lapsed. The mandate against their disenrollment was lifted with the end of the public health emergency. Fortunately, every hospital in New Mexico has a benefits navigation counselor who can help patients navigate re-applying to Medicaid, though sometimes that staff person is called a financial counselor.

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Diana Tittle
Diana Tittle

Diana Tittle, a member of the board of Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project, was the editor of the Sierra County Sun, the Citizen's precursor. A former resident of Truth or Consequences who now lives part-time in northern New Mexico, she spent her 42-year professional career in Cleveland, Ohio, where she worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, book author and publisher and publishing consultant. She is the recipient of a Cleveland Arts Prize for Literature.

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