Millions at Risk of Losing Medicaid Coverage Due to State Review Errors

Advocates Report Widespread Problems, Call for Greater Transparency from Health and Human Services

Up to 30 million of the poorest Americans could be purged from the Medicaid program due to error-ridden state reviews.
States are undertaking a sweeping re-evaluation of the 94 million people enrolled in Medicaid, leading to widespread problems across the country.
Advocates report hours-long phone wait times, confusing government forms, and wrongful disenrollments.
Health and Human Services has the power to fine states or halt disenrollments if people are improperly being removed, but has shared little about problems it has uncovered.
Projections suggest that the number of people dropped from Medicaid could double the Biden administration’s initial projections.