Black, Hispanic adults at double the risk of losing Medicaid after COVID emergency ended--study

Black, Hispanic adults at double the risk of losing Medicaid after COVID emergency ended, study finds Black and Hispanic adults were twice as likely than their White peers to be unable to renew their Medicaid enrollment after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) in spring 2023, a Northwestern University–led study estimates. CIDRAP

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"A lot of people got kicked off Medicaid for administrative reasons," senior author Jane Zhu, MD, MPP, MSHP, of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), said in an OHSU press release. "Our study found that Black and Hispanic people are twice as likely to lose Medicaid insurance for reasons that can be addressed by systems improvements."

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