Mississippi Removes Thousands of People From Medicaid as It Examines Post-Pandemic Eligibility
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid removed more than 29,000 Mississippians from Medicaid at the end of June after the federal government ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
This marks the first wave of disenrollments as the agency reviews the eligibility of its beneficiaries following the end of pandemic-era protections.
Mississippi examined records for 67,695 Medicaid beneficiaries whose coverage was up for review in June, and about 56 percent of them remain enrolled, the division said Monday. Of the 29,000 who were disenrolled, about 60 percent had remained on Medicaid during the pandemic because of the special eligibility rules.
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid said in a statement that it expects enrollment to continue declining in the coming months as officials review eligibility….