VA – reported changes to income and expected to lose benefits but haven’t yet?

Hi! I 23F in VA have had Medicaid/SNAP coverage for the past year as I've been a college student. I am now graduated, and I am making about $45 an hour working 21 hours a week. I live at home still so I do not have any rent. I updated these changes in VA common help weeks ago expecting to quickly have my benefits taken. So far, I've heard nothing, and on the website it still shows I have active benefits. I have not used SNAP money or Medicaid benefits since reporting the changes because I was afraid I'd have to pay a fine or something. I have a doctors appointment coming up soon, and I am trying to figure out if I need to get insurance through my job or buying privately but I don't know what to do quite yet since I still technically have Medicaid. Am I supposed to do something other than report the changes on common help? Or is the shutdown delaying my benefits being taken? If I go to my PCP and use my Medicaid card am I going to be in trouble? I am pretty sure I make too much at this point to have either snap or Medicaid..

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