AJMC September 19, 2024
More than 25 million people lost their Medicaid coverage during the unwinding process conducted by all states following the pandemic.
A total of 56 million beneficiaries had their coverage renewed whereas 25 million were disenrolled in Medicaid during the process of Medicaid unwinding that occurred in all states, starting in 2023, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.1,2 The unwinding was a response to the continuous enrollment policy that allowed for those enrolled in Medicaid to stay in the program throughout the public health emergency declared due to the pandemic.
This disenrollment totaled 31% of those whose coverage was redetermined, a slightly higher number than the 8 to 24 million people the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated would...