More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
About 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage in more than two dozen states as a post-pandemic purge of the rolls gets underway
By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO
Published - Jun 19, 2023, 12:10 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 21, 2023, 07:46 AM EDT
More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic.
Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork.
Though the eligibility review is required by the federal government, President’s Joe Biden’s administration isn’t too pleased at how efficiently some other states are accomplishing the task.
