There are likely many people who meet Medicaid eligibility requirements among the over half a million who lost coverage in the last month, as states began shedding recipients who were automatically re-enrolled during the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency.
Early data from the 11 states that released re-enrollment figures is sounding alarm bells for some lawmakers and public health advocacy groups who warned for months that the emergency’s so-called unwinding could lead to catastrophic losses in insurance coverage for some of the country’s most vulnerable residents, especially children.
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