Pediatricians Urge State Leaders to Shield Children from Losing Medicaid Coverage

At the end of 2022, Congress acted to delink the end of the continuous coverage Medicaid protection, which started in March 2020, and the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration and states are now moving forward (at different paces) to check eligibility for everyone on Medicaid. This blog reviews a new report that explores the high stakes for children when the continuous coverage protection expires.