Medicaid eligibility renewals underway, thousands at risk of losing coverage [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Nevada is deemed one of the worst states in the country when it comes to notifying certain Medicaid patients they are no longer on the program.

Mail has gone out, but it’s estimated 70,000 Nevadans still haven’t gotten the message or responded to it. With the help of Nevada’s health insurance exchange, Nevada Health Link, they hope that will all change.

Katie Charleson from Nevada Health Link said, “So now we are able to text people who have been transferred over to us from Medicaid and let them know that, ‘Hey, you no longer qualify for Medicaid, you lost your coverage, you can come over to Nevada Health Link to stay insured.’”

Those texts will be going out to thousands of Nevadans beginning Monday. Simply put, it will let them know that their Medicaid coverage is gone, and to go to the Health Link website …