Homeless people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups
Tashya Evans waits outside the Flathead Warming Center, a low-barrier shelter in Kalispell on March 5, 2024. Evans had just finished work in time to join the line for a bed that evening. (Aaron Bolton/MTPR)
People line up outside a public assistance office in Missoula, Montana, before its doors open at 8 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2023, hoping to regain Medicaid coverage after being dropped from the government insurance program for people with low incomes and disabilities. (Katheryn Houghton/KFF Health News)
KALISPELL — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her Medicaid application as others at the shelter got ready for the day in this northwestern Montana city.
Evans said she lost Medicaid coverage in September because she hadn’t received paperwork after moving from Great Falls, Montana. She has had to forgo the blood pressure medication she can no longer pay for since losing coverage. She has also had to put off needed dental work.
“The teeth broke off. My gums hurt. There’s some times where I’m not feeling good, I don’t want to eat,” she said.
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