Millions of Americans are losing health coverage they may otherwise be eligible for. Democrats want Biden to act to stop it.
enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which included requirements that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled through the end of the public health emergency in exchange for additional federal funding.in Congress quickly moved to halt the continuous enrollment program under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, with a scheduled end date of June 1.According to April estimates by the Kaiser Family Foundation , Medicaid rolls nationwide could have between 7.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a joint news conference with South Korea's president and Japan's prime minister at Camp David on August 18.In recent weeks, the states with some of the biggest reductions in enrollees have been Republican-led states that refused to expand Medicaid. There is wide variation in disenrollment rates across reporting states, ranging from 72 percent in Texas to 8 percent in Wyoming. But a KFF spokesperson toldthat some states, like Texas and South Carolina, have moved early to target people who state Medicaid officials believe are no longer eligible for Medicaid or failed to respond to renewal requests during the pandemic.
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