1 Year Later: How Has the Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Gone?

MedCity News March 28, 2024
Marissa Plescia

One year after the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision ended, 19.2 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid, according to KFF. This is higher than many expected, and experts have mixed reviews on how they think this process has gone.

For about three years during the Covid-19 pandemic, a continuous enrollment provision was in place that prevented states from disenrolling Medicaid beneficiaries, regardless of whether or not they were still eligible for coverage.

But about a year ago, this continuous enrollment provision ended. States had to begin the process of redetermining members’ eligibility at a time when a record high of about 94 million people were enrolled in Medicaid. As of March 26, 19.2 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid...

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