States are mixed on how to address Medicaid uncertainty once the COVID-19 public health emergency expires, according to a panel that advises Congress on the program.
During the PHE, states that received a 6.2 percentage point increase in federal funding for Medicaid were forbidden from disenrolling beneficiaries from the safety-net program. That resulted in enrollment in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program swelling by 24%, making the programs the largest single source of coverage in America.
