Thousands already off Indiana’s Medicaid rolls, before work requirements take effect

Erika Martinez is trying to wrangle two of her children at a busy coffee shop in Richmond, Indiana. She’s also trying to explain the complexity of her Medicaid situation, but her children aren’t willing to sit still.

Martinez said she doesn’t know exactly why her Medicaid coverage was cut. But she has a hunch.

“They were sending mailers to my old address. So I didn’t get most of the mailers,” she said. “Some of them did get forwarded, and then it also showed that they had returned mail from an old address, and so that is what essentially caused a lapse in my benefits right now.”…

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