Commonwealth Fund September 21, 2021
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Millions of people stand to lose their Medicaid coverage once special federal pandemic rules for continuous Medicaid enrollment protection come to an end
The Biden administration will give states more time to wind down their COVID-19 public emergency program operations — hopefully softening the blow of widespread Medicaid coverage losses.
On August 13, the Biden administration published guidance to help states prepare to wind down their special Medicaid program operations after the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency. First declared in January 2020, the emergency was most recently renewed in July. Given COVID’s persistence, the government has set no end date, and there is no way of knowing when the emergency will end. However, in a program...