Brooks-LaSure: Don’t Lose Medicaid, CHIP Enrollment Gains After PHE

By Dorothy Mills-Gregg / July 22, 2021 at 6:56 PM
CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure addressed Medicaid advocates’ concerns Thursday (July 22) that millions of Medicaid enrollees will lose coverage after the public health emergency ends, saying she’s focused on ensuring Medicaid beneficiaries either continue their coverage post-pandemic or are properly transitioned to new insurance. Some experts estimate up to 30% of Medicaid enrollees could lose insurance once states resume normal operations and begin kicking people off the rolls. CMS announced last month 80 million individuals are enrolled in Medicaid and...


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