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Millions of Americans lose Medicaid coverage as pandemic-era policies end

Medicaid recipients typically had to prove their eligibility each year to renew coverage. That stopped during the onset of the pandemic, but automatic re-enrollment ended in April. Since then, more than 15 million people have been disenrolled from Medicaid. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jennifer Tolbert, deputy director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF.

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