Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Exposes Millions to Disrupted Care-"Be Kind, Rewind"

Justin M Barnes; K Robin Yabroff; Fumiko Chino

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5725

Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Exposes Millions to Disrupted Care-"Be Kind, Rewind"

JAMA Oncol. 2024 Feb 1;10(2):157-158. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5725.

Authors

Justin M Barnes¹, K Robin Yabroff², Fumiko Chino³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
² Department of Surveillance and Health Equity Science, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Affordability Working Group, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.

PMID: 38095902
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5725

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the causes and consequences of Medicaid unwinding and disenrollment and proposes solutions to minimize disenrollment and improve coverage uptake and health care access.

MeSH terms

Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health*
Medicaid*
Medically Uninsured
United States