More than 400,000 Ohioans may lose Medicaid coverage– government-paid health insurance for low-income or disabled people– this summer when the federal government's COVID-19 emergency declaration ends, according to the Commonwealth Fund. Under the declaration, Ohio and other states were unable to take people off Medicaid, even if they became ineligible.
Community Solutions' Center for Medicaid Policy. Under the declaration, Ohio and other states were unable to take people off Medicaid, even if they became ineligible. But the worry is underfunded and understaffed counties are facing the task of combing through the entire Medicaid population to disenroll ineligible people– all within a 90- day deadline.