CMS: About 178K Former Medicaid Enrollees Selected QHPs As Of May

Updated Story New CMS data , quietly released in late August, show about 178,000 consumers chose a qualified health plan (QHP) through state or federal exchanges after losing Medicaid and CHIP coverage in the first two months of the Medicaid unwinding. Those sign-ups through the end of May are more than three times the 54,000 enrollments that CMS reported in July, which reflected only the April numbers. CMS and other stakeholders have been working to make sure...