Why Millions Are Losing Medicaid

More than a million people –including hundreds of thousands of children-- lost Medicaid coverage in the last few weeks as the pandemic-era continuous coverage policy ended.

In this episode of CareTalk, John Driscoll and David Williams unpack what's going on with Medicaid redetermination in the US.

TOPICS
(1:40) Medicaid redetermination
(3:49) Medicaid eligibility from state to state
(4:31) Partisan divide around extending insurance coverage
(9:23) What is being done about the Medicaid redetermination?
(12:00) Does tricky paperwork play a role in losing Medicaid?
(14:05) What is going to happen next for those worried about losing Medicaid?

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