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Millions Losing Medicaid as Government Conducts Enrollment Review

  • An unparalleled, nationwide review of Medicaid enrollees is underway, forcing states to remove people whose incomes are now too high to qualify for the program.
  • Millions are expected to lose their insurance after being protected for the past three years during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Advocates have warned that confusion and mistakes will be widespread, improperly leaving some of the nation's poorest people suddenly without health insurance and unable to pay for essential medical care.
  • Medicaid enrollees report they have already been wrongly removed in some states that have started cutting people from the program.
  • Doctors and their staff are taking it upon themselves to notify patients about the complex process they will have to navigate over the next year.
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