Healthcare DIVE May 26, 2022
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing health coverage when pandemic-era protections are peeled back. Yet one-third of those estimated to lose coverage — nearly 3 million adults — may still have access to subsidized coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
The impending rollback will test the strategies of insurers who have made offering marketplace plans a key piece of their business model to insure low-income Americans.
The question is whether insurers will be able to shift Medicaid members who lose coverage to subsidized marketplace plans.
The link between Medicaid and the marketplace “will soon be put to a real-world test when millions face the loss of their coverage,” according to a recent report from the Robert...