American Hospital Association November 3, 2023
Coverage is the gateway to access health services that can ensure healthier individuals, healthier families and healthier communities. Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs across the country face an historic challenge to ensure those eligible retain coverage and those no longer eligible secure other available coverage as states unwind the public health emergency-related eligibility. The Affordable Care Act marketplaces could provide coverage for as many as 5 million individuals and families who lose Medicaid and CHIP coverage through this redetermination process.
Earlier this year, the purchase of health insurance through the marketplaces reached a record high, with an estimated 15.7 million people either renewing their coverage or signing up for the first time.
For Americans who do not have comprehensive...