California Removes 850,000 People From Health Care Plan – Newsweek
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Since the expiration of COVID-19 related health care guarantees, public insurance coverage in California has dropped by over 850,000.
The nationwide “disenrollment,” or “unwinding,” process that began last year has seen Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment in the Golden State fall from around 14.3 million to just over 13.4 million over the 18 months leading up to October 2024, according to KFF, a health policy research nonprofit.
The change in California’s enrollment rate (6 percent) is less drastic than that seen in other similarly populous states such as Florida and Texas. KFF research shows that its overall disenrollment rate—the number of those who were unable to renew coverage after being disenrolled—of 19 percent, sits below the national average of 31 percent.
However, the high figure still raises concerns about the health care of nearly 1 million Californians. Studies have also found that many disenrollments occurred not due to a lack of eligibility, but rather confusion around the post-COVID unwinding process, state failures to communicate these details to individuals, as well as procedural issues that prevented many from renewing their coverage.
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