With end of the pandemic-era Medicaid continuous enrollment policy on March 31, 2023, states resumed disenrollments that had been paused for three years. Since April 2023, nearly 23 million people have been disenrolled nationally, though the share of people who have been disenrolled varies across states. Differences in how states approached the unwinding and in the renewal policies and procedures they had in place contributed to the variation in state unwinding experiences. On June 20, 2024, KFF hosted an hour-long web briefing focused on changes to eligibility policies, renewal processes, and other actions states took during the unwinding and the impact those changes may have on the future of the Medicaid program. State and federal Medicaid experts shared their experiences during the unwinding and plans for the months and years ahead.
Medicaid