AZ, AR, Idaho, NH And SD Start Dropping Medicaid Enrollees Saturday

Five states are scheduled to begin dropping Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees Saturday (April 1), which is the first day after nearly three years states can begin normal redeterminations and drop beneficiaries from coverage when they’re found ineligible for various reasons, like their income is too high or they did not respond to a renewal form. Two of those states plan to complete their redeterminations in eight months. States kept Medicaid beneficiaries continuously enrolled during COVID-19 in order...