(Des Moines, Iowa) ñ Ewe Pwutain Aninis Ngeni Aramas (Department of Human Services (DHS)) a awora aninisin Medicaid ngeni meinisin ekkewe choon fenuwen Palau, Marshall Islands, me Federated States of Micronesia ir mi nomw non Iowa pwokiten ew atipeew a iteni Compacts of Free Association (COFA).
Ewe annuk 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) a sain pwe ew annukun mwuun Merika non ewe Tisamper 27, 2020, a mwut ngeni ekkewe choon COFA mi watte repwe nounou Medicaid. Ekkewe choon COFA mi watte (adults) repwe pwan tori meinisin annukun tufich ( ren aukukun mwoni tonong me ekkewe annukun ewe Medicaid prokram) ar repwe tufich ngeni unusan ekkewe aninisin Medicaid.
DHS a pwan asofo sefani ekkewe annukun tufich ngeni Medicaid me pekin (systems) epwe aneania ei ekesiwinin nounoun Medicaid seni Mwuun Merika. Ekkewe annukun mwuun Merika me mwan esipa seni ekkewe choon COFA (COFA migrants) ar repwe angei unusan aninisin Medicaid seni non 1996.
Ei ekkesiwin non ei annuk a ku ika aosukosuka ekkewe choon COFA (COFA adults). Ei a kapachenong meinisin ekkewe choon COFA (adults) ir mi tufich ngeni ir mi nomw non Iowa ekkewe ir mi angei aninisin Medicaid mi keuk chok won pekin emerechensi ika ekkewe ra tungor sopwosopwonon aninisin Medicaid, nge rese ketiw ren ewe full Medicaid (unusan aninisin Medicaid) seni ewe fansoun ekkesiwinin ewe annuk on Tisamper 27, 2020.
Ewe Pwutai a eureur pwun epwe nefinen 300 me 400 choon COFA mi watte repwe tongeni angei tufichin ewe Medicaid seni ei kesiwinin annuk.
Ese wor ekkesiwin ngeni tufichin Medicaid ren ekkewe semiriit seni COFA (kukkun seni ier 21). Non Iowa, semiriiten COFA ir mi tufich ngeni unusan aninisin Medicaid seni ewe 2010 anongonong won nonomwur ika ar immigration status.
DHS epwene feeri ekkei mwokutukut an epwe anukunuku pwe aninisin Medicaid ngeni ekkewe choon COFA ir mi watte ika adults mi tufich repwe angei unusan ewe aninisin Medicaid:
ï Ika pwe echo taropwen apinikeison noun emon choon COFA mi watte (adult) ewe Pwutai epwe angei non Tisamper 2020, me Sanaweri 2021 ese ketiw ren full Medicaid (unusan aninisin Medicaid) pwokiten nonomwur ren pekin citizenship ika pekin immigration, ewe Pwutai epwe angang sefan won ewe apinikeison. Nesopwonon Fapeweri, epwene wor taropwen esinesin non posto fan itan ekkewe apinikeison mi weneiti epwe awewei ekkewe minafeen pwung ika tungor pwan ekkooch pworaus epwe auchea seni ewe Pwutai.
ï Ekkewe apinikesionun Medicaid a faen ren ewe Pwutai tori Mas 3, 2021, ren ekkewe choon COFA mi watte ika adults ir mi tori keukun annukun tufich ngeni Medicaid, repwene angei aninis an epwe meeni ekkewe niwinin safei eniwin ngeni Tisamper 2020.
ï Ren ekkewe apinikeisonun Medicaid a faen Eperein 1, 2021, ika mwirin, ekkewe choon COFA ir mi watte ika adult repwene tufich ngeni repwe angei aninisin Medicaid (retroactive Medicaid) ika chok pwe re nomw non ewe mwiich a mwumwuta epwe wor en retroactive coverage (emon mi pwopwo ika emon fefin a nounouno ika emon mi nomw non ekkewe nenien tumwun ren nursing facility mi wor noun naisen fan nurun ewe Iowa Code Chapter 135c) me mi tufich ngeni meinisin ekkewe annuk.
Choon COFA adults ir mi tufich ngeni, me pwan ekkooch aramas ir mi tufich ngeni, ra tongeni apply aninisin Medicaid online won ewe DHS benefits portal, ar repwe downloading eche apinikeison seni an ewe Pwutai wewebsite, ika kekkeri1-855-889-7985.