The impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency expiration on all types of health coverage

The impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency expiration on all types of health coverage

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Urban Institute research report
Author(s):
Buettgens, Matthew, author
Green, Andrew, (Of Urban Institute), author
Contributor(s):
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
Urban Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, December 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
COVID-19 -- economics
Health Equity -- economics
Health Policy
Insurance Coverage -- economics
Medicaid -- statistics & numerical data
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
An unprecedented number of people has enrolled in Medicaid since the COVID-19 pandemic began; the most recent data show enrollment jumped by more than 18 million people from February 2020 to June 2022. This increased enrollment largely owes to the continuous coverage requirement of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which has prevented state Medicaid agencies from disenrolling people during the public health emergency (PHE) unless they specifically request it. An increasingly urgent question is what will happen to health coverage after the PHE expires and states resume normal eligibility determinations. Using the latest available administrative data on Medicaid enrollment, recent household survey data on health coverage, and the Urban Institute’s Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model, we estimate health coverage at the expiration of the PHE (when Medicaid enrollment will be at its peak) and after the major coverage transitions that will follow.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (v, 26 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918591682406676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918591682406676