{"id":976,"date":"2023-04-06T19:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T19:44:22","slug":"the-unwinding-of-medicaid-kaiser-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=976","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018Unwinding\u2019 of Medicaid | Kaiser Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several states have begun the herculean task of redetermining how many of an estimated 85 million Americans currently receiving health coverage through the Medicaid program are still eligible. To receive federal covid-19 relief funds, states were required to keep enrollees covered during the pandemic. As many as 15 million people could be struck from the program\u2019s rolls \u2014 many of whom are still eligible, or are eligible for other programs and need to be steered to them.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the trustees of the Medicare program report that its Hospital Insurance Trust Fund should remain solvent until 2031, three years longer than it projected last year. That allows lawmakers to continue to put off what are likely to be politically unpleasant decisions, although they will eventually have to deal with Medicare\u2019s underlying financial woes (and those of Social Security).<\/p>\n

This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of KHN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Amy Goldstein of The Washington Post, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n