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Medicaid Recipients Urged to Check Eligibility Status

States are continuing to cull residents from Medicaid rolls since the continuous coverage policy during the COVID-19 pandemic ended. Kathy Hempstead is Senior Policy Advisor with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
She says about half of those affected will be eligible for employer coverage and many can use the affordable care marketplace, but nearly a quarter will end up uninsured. She says the process will take months.

Hempstead says many people will qualify for subsidies to help pay marketplace premiums. Visit www.RWJF.org/Medicaid for more information.

Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!