"Massive Drop in Medicaid Enrollment as Pandemic Protections Expire"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NPR
Texas has reported disenrolling 82% of its Medicaid recipients since April, while Wyoming only shed 8% of its rolls, according to an analysis by KFF. At least 3.7 million people have lost Medicaid coverage, with 74% losing it for paperwork reasons. Medicaid enrollment grew dramatically during the pandemic, but now every state is winnowing its rolls. The wide variation in state-to-state handling of Medicaid disenrollment is not fully understood. Communication hurdles and translation issues may contribute to some people being wrongly kicked off Medicaid. KFF estimates that up to 24 million people may lose Medicaid coverage over the next year.