Manatt Health October 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: In a new Expert Perspective—prepared for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Health and Value Strategies program—Manatt Health highlights the urgent need for states to retain coverage gains for Medicaid-eligible individuals at the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and to ensure that coverage retention efforts include an equity focus. To that end, the Expert Perspective, summarized below, concludes with recommendations for states to maximize coverage retention. Click here to access a free copy of the full Expert Perspective.
Medicaid enrollment has increased by over 10 million (or 15 percent) from February 2020 through February 2021 across all states since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.1 A significant contributor to these gains in coverage is the...