The Great Medicaid Purge was even worse than expected wapo.st/3xgLs8r

In some states, public officials are trying to make government work for their constituents. In others, they aren’t. And it shows in Medicaid coverage losses
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Some states (WA,OR,NM) are working to ensure poor kids remain on Medicaid, by not requiring constant resubmission of paperwork age 0-6
Then there's Arkansas. Officials there brag about 'right-sizing' Medicaid—by e.g. purging 25k kids off “newborn” plans
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Biden admin is trying to limit the harm by forcing some states to pause disenrollments, reinstate coverage; extending marketplace open enrollment
Worth considering how much worse things might have been w Trump in charge, given his sabotage of ACA/Medicaid
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About 1 in 5 Americans is on Medicaid. Yet, for some reason, the partial dismantling of this critical program has barely pierced the election news cycle so far. Presumably, some politicians would prefer to keep it that way. wapo.st/3xgLs8r

Important new survey data from KFF on the Medicaid 'unwinding':
Of those booted from Medicaid rolls in the past year, a quarter they are now uninsured completely.
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Some of those who were disenrolled from Medicaid were ultimately able to successfully reapply.
But that doesn't mean they were unharmed by the temporary loss of coverage; many put off necessary medical care