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• Child Medicaid Disenrollment Data Shows Wide Variation in State Performance as Continuous Coverage Pandemic Protections Lifted

  In response to the pandemic, states were temporarily required to keep people covered by Medicaid enrolled in exchange for enhanced federal funding. According to administrative data reported by the states to CMS, 4.16 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by December 2023 as the unwinding got underway.

  

• Medicaid’s Coverage Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas

  Medicaid plays a critical role in providing health coverage to children and families in small towns and rural areas where people are more likely to be uninsured and face challenges in accessing needed health care. According to an analysis of U.S. Census data, Medicaid/CHIP covers a relatively greater share of children and adults in rural counties than in urban counties.

  

• Medicaid Managed Care, Maternal Mortality Review Committees, and Maternal Health: A 12-State Scan

  The United States is in the midst of an ongoing maternal mortality crisis and Medicaid, the health insurer for low-income Americans, has an important role to play in addressing it. Medicaid is the nation’s single largest maternity care insurer, paying for more than 40% of all births on average across all states, and over half in some.