WCRI Study Analyzes Effect of Losing Medicaid Coverage

Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher medical payments in workers' compensation claims during the period when enrollees were losing coverage, the Workers Compensation Research Institute said in a new study. The findings could offer insight into the potential effects of H.R. 1, but the extent to which those results translate to the new law remains uncertain, WCRI said. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government encouraged states to maintain continuous coverage for Medicaid enrollees, resulting in an increase in working-age adults covered by the program. When the pand...