Medicaid expansion enrollment continues
Jeremy M. Lazarus | 11/8/2018, 6 a.m.
Enrollment for Virginia’s Medicaid expansion program, Cover Virginia, is now open and will continue through Saturday, Dec. 15.
The program, which opened for enrollment on Nov. 1, extends health insurance coverage to low-income adults ages 19 to 64 who cannot afford their own plan and who make too much to qualify for the regular Medicaid program.
Eligibility is based on income and household size, according to state officials.
For example, under the expansion program, single adults with incomes of $16,754 or less qualify. Adults in a family of four whose household income is $34,638 or less also would qualify.
An estimated 423,000 Virginians are believed to be eligible for the health insurance program under which coverage would begin on Jan. 1.
Information: www.coverva.org, or toll-free (855) 242-8282. The deaf or hard of hearing may call using TDD: (888) 221-1590.
The Free Press published an incorrect telephone number in its Oct. 25-27 edition and regrets the error.
