Tsai: About 90 Million Americans Still Enrolled In Medicaid And CHIP

While experts estimate 9 million Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries have been dropped from coverage since April, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services Director Daniel Tsai reassured stakeholders that there are still about 90 million people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP, a 20 million increase from February 2020 enrollment data. KFF’s analysis of post-pandemic enrollment data shows at least 9 million Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries have lost coverage since the unwinding began earlier this year. Nearly 2 million of those disenrolled...