KFF March 27, 2020
On March 26, we posted our 18th annual 50-state survey of Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost sharing policies. It continues to serve as the only comprehensive resource for information on these policies across states and provides information that has enabled tracking of state implementation of the Medicaid expansion and streamlined enrollment and renewal procedures under the ACA.
This year’s survey, which provides data on policies in place as of January 2020, now serves a new purpose by providing a benchmark against which we can measure state actions to respond to COVID-19 and the economic crisis. The survey findings document policies states must maintain in order to access temporary enhanced federal Medicaid funding as part of COVID-19 response...