U.S.: 3 million children have lost Medicaid insurance this year

3 million children lose Medicaid coverage Presented by CVS Health — Three million fewer kids have Medicaid coverage today compared to the end of the pandemic-era protections and beginning of the “unwinding” of coverage in April, according … emartin The Hill

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Texas and Florida alone account for more than 1 million of the children who have lost coverage. The total decline for adults and children due to the “unwinding” process is now at approximately 7.8 million, the analysis found. ...

Separately, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra sent letters Monday to governors of nine states that had the highest numbers of kids losing coverage — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Dakota and Texas. 

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