HealthLeaders Media April 15, 2024
Medicaid unwinding left millions uninsured, particularly children, Black, Hispanic and lower income communities.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Medicaid unwinding has left millions insured, and has brought many procedural hurdles for those trying to regain coverage
– Minority and low income groups are disproportionately affected when it comes to proving eligibility
– Those enrolled in Medicaid rate the program positively
Roughly one quarter of Americans who were disenrolled from their pre-pandemic Medicaid coverage are now completely uninsured. Why? High costs and other procedural hurdles that particularly affect minorities and lower income communities who rely heavily on federally funded coverage. Plainly, health coverage is too expensive and trying to prove eligibility can sometimes feel like a fool’s errand.
The provision that kept states...
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