Michigan Removes 700,000 People From Health Care Plan

Health care enrollment has fallen by over 700,000 in Michigan, after policies designed to protect public insurance coverage through the COVID-19 health emergency came to an end.

Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment in Michigan has fallen from nearly 3.1 million to under 2.7 million between March 2023 and October 2024, according to health care research nonprofit KFF.

Why It Matters

The decline in those with Medicaid and CHIP coverage in Michigan (23 percent) is above the national average (16 percent). While it has seen a smaller number disenrolled than states like Texas and Florida , Michigan’s overall disenrollment rate of 38 percent is also toward the top end, though below front-runner Montana (57 percent).

The number of individuals who either failed or were unable to disenroll is especially troubling, as research shows many may have lost out on coverage due to a lack of knowledge of the “unwinding process” or administrative hurdles rather than reasons of eligibility.

What To Know

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted in early 2020 in response to the COVID pandemic, included a provision directing states to maintain Medicaid and CHIP coverage for enrollees throughout over the subsequent three years, unless they moved out of state or requested termination of their coverage, and to suspending routine eligibility redeterminations during this time…

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