Medicaid Unwinding and the Future of Community Health Centers

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In the final episode of this three-part series, The Exam Room concludes its conversation with Jessica Yanow, president and CEO of the Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers. This episode focuses on Medicaid unwinding, coverage retention strategies, and what health centers have learned from recent policy transitions. Jessica shares how Arizona's coordinated efforts — including data sharing, renewal alignment, outreach workflows, and "no wrong door" enrollment approaches — helped minimize coverage loss and protect access to care. The conversation then turns toward the future. With rising operational costs, flat grant funding, and evolving federal requirements, health centers face…