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As part of a May budget revision in California, the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) projected that in response to job losses triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, enrollment in Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program, would increase to 14.5 million by July -- roughly a 16% increase.
According to the state's current tally, from February to July enrollment in fact increased by just .02%, from 12.48 million to 12.50 million. Twenty-five other states that have reported enrollment through July show an 8.6% increase since February. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service's most recent 50-state tally shows a 3.4% increase from February through May.
What gives? Why has Medicaid enrollment in California so far been essentially flat in the months since Covid-19 triggered mass unemployment?*
The DHCS cites several potential factors potentially inhibiting enrollment:
As part of a May budget revision in California, the state Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) projected that in response to job losses triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, enrollment in Medi-Cal, the state Medicaid program, would increase to 14.5 million by July -- roughly a 16% increase.
According to the state's current tally, from February to July enrollment in fact increased by just .02%, from 12.48 million to 12.50 million. Twenty-five other states that have reported enrollment through July show an 8.6% increase since February. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service's most recent 50-state tally shows a 3.4% increase from February through May.
What gives? Why has Medicaid enrollment in California so far been essentially flat in the months since Covid-19 triggered mass unemployment?*
The DHCS cites several potential factors potentially inhibiting enrollment:
