Georgia Medicaid recipients: What to do if your benefits were cut off

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State officials have advised 17,000 Medicaid patients that it dropped from its rolls recently to reapply. But they’re not making it easy. Below are some information and resources for those who believe their benefits were cut in error.
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If you believe you have been cut off from Medicaid in error, the state Department of Community Health says you have 10 days to appeal the decision. After that, the DCH says you can apply within 90 days for renewal at the local office that serves your county — that will be a Department of Family and Children Services office, not a DCH office.


The main customer service number for Medicaid is 1-877-423-4746. County offices have their own phone numbers, listed at https://dfcs.georgia.gov/locations. Outside lawyers say it can matter a lot, though, whether a person reapplies or instead appeals for renewal. An application can take much longer and requires the person to gather all his or her documents again.

Outside legal help To get help with that, even the DCH and DFCS tell people in notices that if they believe they are wronged, they can call specific legal offices. The offices don’t take every case. But they do take cases where it looks like the state has done something wrong and the lawyers can help fix it and make a difference. One group of lawyers helps people in parts of metro Atlanta, and the other group helps people in the rest of the state.

https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-medicaid-recipients-what-your-benefits-were-cut-off/JH9E5oS6vr7doNHnYM3D4I/

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1. Stacey Abrams: "Georgia must honor our commitment."

Breaking commitments and laws, massive corruption, betrayal of promises such as throwing people off programs they're entitled to are all fascistic tactics. Many of these people no doubt trusted Kemp to live up to his campaign rhetoric.

Thousands of dual-eligible seniors hit with Medicaid termination notices

Lawyers in Georgia are trying to determine why an estimated 17,000 seniors who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid have been told they will be kicked out of the Medicaid program.
After several people received termination notices this spring, a charity legal organization called Georgia Legal Services intervened on their behalf. But as of now, representatives have no idea why notices were sent to those who should have been invited to renew their coverage. The lawyers have written to the state Department of Community Health to seek reversals and get an explanation.

“We represent some of the most vulnerable people in Georgia, seniors and disabled Georgians who will not have access to healthcare if these programs are ended,” Vicky Kimbrell, a Georgia Legal Services attorney, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The computer and administrative errors that cause these terminations should not be allowed to happen and cause this harm to people.”

DCH has not confirmed how many individuals might be affected, or what triggered the notices. The agency also did not comment to the newspaper.

About 2 million Georgians receive care under Medicaid. Georgia Legal Services said most of those affected by the notices are covered by a scaled-down version of Medicaid that fills in gaps in Medicare benefits.

https://www.mcknights.com/news/thousands-of-dual-eligible-seniors-hit-with-medicaid-termination-notices/

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