Fierce Healthcare August 8, 2022
A paltry 3% of people got Affordable Care Act exchange coverage within a year after leaving Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a new study found.
The study published Monday by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) comes as states are pondering how to transition scores of people from Medicaid to the exchanges once pandemic emergencies unwind.
“We found that most individuals who moved from Medicaid to the exchange had a gap in coverage; these gaps were longer for racial and ethnic minorities,” wrote MACPAC, a panel that advises Congress on Medicaid and CHIP issues.
Researchers looked at enrollment data on CHIP, Medicaid and the ACA marketplaces from 2017 through...
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