Around 20million Americans stand to lose healthcare coverage this week as states begin unwinding pandemic-era protections for Medicaid beneficiaries.
The scaling down of the program began on April 1 and will continue over the next 14 months. Millions of men, women, and children who gained coverage during the pandemic stand to lose it.
Covid-era legislation guaranteed that enrollees in the government program would not be purged even if they would otherwise be deemed ineligible for reasons such as increased income, meaning they made too much money to qualify.
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