Post Pandemic Medicaid Purge Continues.
“Millions of people are being pushed off state Medicaid rolls as the U.S. dismantles one of the last major Covid-era safety nets, and congressional Democrats and health advocates want the Biden administration to do more to ensure people are protected.
Nationwide, nearly 5.5 million people have been purged from state Medicaid rolls across 45 states and the District of Columbia, according to health policy research group KFF.
At least 1 million of them are children, though that number is likely higher because not every state reports by age.
Most people have been removed for “procedural” reasons, like missing or incorrect paperwork, or when the state has outdated contact information, even though they may still be eligible.
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Millions of Americans had some breathing room during the pandemic at least when it came to health coverage. As the Pandemic restrictions ease more Americans are finding themselves without health coverage that was in place for the last 3 years. Sometimes they are removed for paperwork snafus that can be remedied, but some are removed because they make too much money at a new job for instance. That does not mean the insurance at the job is affordable, especially for families and that leaves people in a health insurance lurch with medical costs that may start to accumulate.
