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It’s been one year since the federal Covid-19 public emergency ended and a
massive ‘Medicaid unwinding’ began. During the height of the Covid-19
pandemic states were barred by Congress from disenrolling Medicaid
recipients from their rolls, but that came to an end last year.

As a result, more than 20 million people lost their Medicaid coverage in
the last year. About 1 in 5 people with Medicaid have been disenrolled,
and nearly 1 out of 4 adults who were disenrolled are still uninsured
today.^1

These numbers reported by KFF are likely even higher, but the statistics,
“are not well tracked by states and the federal government.”^2

Without insurance coverage, many disenrolled people have been forced to
skip or delay their medications and doctor appointments, according to a
KFF survey. Of those who gained alternative health insurance plans, higher
out-of-pocket costs are a major concern to them, with a majority of
previously enrolled insured adults saying their new plans are worse.^3

[1]KFF Figure 12: Majorities of Insured Adults Who No Longer Have Medicaid
Say Their Current Coverage Is Worse on Cost Measures

Of those surveyed, almost 30% say they don’t remember receiving any type
of communication about how to renew their Medicaid coverage, and about a
third of Medicaid enrollees found the renewal process difficult.^4

It should not be this hard for people to get the care they need and
deserve.

Now, millions of people are uninsured while others struggle to afford
higher costs through their new, worse health insurance plans. This is a
clear example of our unnecessarily complicated health care system having a
direct impact on whether patients can get the care they need. The best way
to fix it is through Medicare for All.

[ [link removed] ]Will you add your name to build pressure for Medicare for All, a
federal single-payer health care system that would guarantee care for
everyone regardless of their ability to pay?

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By overhauling our country’s broken health care system through Medicare
for All, we can prevent disenrollments like this in the future and ensure
that every person in this country has the coverage to get the care they
need.

In solidarity,

Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All

 

Sources:

1. “20 million people lost their Medicaid coverage in the last year.
Here’s what happened to them,” CNN, April 12, 2024.
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2. Ibid.

3. “KFF Survey of Medicaid Unwinding,” KFF, April 12, 2024.
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4. Ibid.



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