National Medicaid enrollment topped 84 million lives in June
2021, according to the latest update to AIS's Directory of Health Plans. That's
an overall increase of 14.0% from the first quarter of 2020, a highly unusual
growth pattern spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, Medicaid enrollment
was on a downswing for the first time since the introduction of Medicaid
expansion via the Affordable Care Act, but high unemployment rates fueled by the pandemic and the
suspension of states' redetermination efforts caused enrollment to soar in all
50 states, with an average enrollment increase of 16.0% per state. Twelve
states saw Medicaid enrollment climb by more than 20%. Even with enrollment up
nationwide, Medicaid expansion is still a hot topic in states that have yet to
adopt it now that President Biden has offered enhanced funding as part of the American Rescue Plan. And
while ballot initiatives are picking up in holdout states, a Missouri judge on
June 23 struck down the state's voter-approved expansion as
unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Oklahoma began enrolling newly eligible expansion
adults on June 1 for a July 1 effective coverage date, despite the state
Supreme Court's decision to excise managed care from the transformation effort.
SOURCE: DHP, AIS's Directory of Health Plans. Learn more about
how DHP delivers current and comprehensive plan enrollment data at https://bit.ly/2RidwDT.
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