Healthcare Innovation September 17, 2021
In a new report, researchers from the Urban Institute say that states have the power to slow the pace of disenrollment for Medicaid and can provide assistance finding alternative coverage options for affected individuals
On Sept. 15, the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute released a new report entitled “What Will Happen to Unprecedented High Medicaid Enrollment After the Public Health Emergency?” by Matthew Buettgens and Andrew Green.
Buettgens and Green write that “Medicaid enrollment has risen substantially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent data show enrollment jumped by more than 9 million people from February 2020 to January 2021. The higher enrollment is driven by two main causes: the unprecedented pandemic-related job losses concentrated in March to June of...