Outreach effort reduced estimated immigrant Apple Health losses from 14,000 to 11,000, officials say

State officials said a coordinated outreach effort with community partners has reduced the number of lawfully present immigrants projected to lose Apple Health on October 1 from an earlier estimate of 14,000 to about 11,000. Governor Ferguson said, "Those efforts have helped 3,000 Washington lawful immigrants to keep their health care coverage."

Ryan Moran and community partners described one-on-one assistance to update contact and immigration status information, and emphasized the next 30 days before October 1 as critical for further outreach. Moran added that some targeted resources were used to retain coverage for high-acuity long-term care cases—"we've, identified those individuals in long term care for the highest acuity of needs, so 173 individuals, to be able to retain coverage." Officials urged people with Apple Health to update their information and open mail from the health care authority.