States Obtain Special Waivers to Help Unwinding Efforts

https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/states-obtain-special-waivers-to-help-unwinding-efforts/?utm_campaign=KFF-2023-The-Latest&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=275429267&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_Q8MK3_1bPiArfpAem3S62aQUN4Xj45CIvX-UJiZapsGgloIO4Ht5oMb_1_O6MaPX_89tyWDu2z94igdN0Lv9_zK7o6g&utm_content=275429267&utm_source=hs_email Yesterday, the Biden Administration announced that about 500,000 people, many of them children, will have Medicaid coverage restored after it found that 30 states were conducting renewals incorrectly. To date, more than 7.4 million adults and children have been disenrolled from Medicaid—73% for procedural reasons. Even before the announcement, many states have requested waivers to improve their unwinding efforts.