15 million people may lose Medicaid coverage when public health emergency ends

A new report showed that about 15 million Americans who enrolled in Medicaid during the public health emergency could lose coverage when the emergency declaration ends.
Those at risk for losing coverage include almost 9 million adults and 6 million children, according to the analysis published by the Urban Institute with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
“There is good evidence that Medicaid coverage saves lives and increases families’ financial stability. Becoming uninsured would adversely affect both,” Matthew Buettgens, PhD, a senior fellow in the Health