Some 15 million people could lose their Medicaid coverage over the next few months as pandemic-related emergency provisions come to an end
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which was enacted in March 2020, required Medicaid programs to keep people enrolled until the end of the public health emergency. The federal government promised to federally match state’s Medicaid rates to help deal with the increase in enrollment.
But the federal spending package that passed in late December changed that law. Congress set March 31 as the final date for the continuous enrollment provision. Within the next 14 months, states must now verify if a recipient still qualifies.at risk, compared to the 4.4. million children that were uninsured in 2019.
“We know whenever these sorts of moments happen, it’s people of color, it’s kids, it’s people that don’t speak English that are always hit the hardest,” Natalie Davis, a founder and the chief executive of nonpartisan advocacy organization United States of Care,
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