One year into Medicaid unwinding, the number of Iowans who have been disenrolled far exceeds initial projections

From IPR:

A year into the process of Medicaid unwinding, the number of Iowans who have been disenrolled has far exceeded the state's initial projection.

According to state data, at least 283,000 Iowans have been disenrolled as of March, including 87,000 children.

Last March, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services initially projected that around 17.6% of Medicaid members, or around 150,000 Iowans, would be disenrolled under the year-long process of Medicaid unwinding, or removing people who no longer qualify for Medicaid following the end of a federal requirement that prohibited states from disenrolling anyone except in limited circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HHS officials told IPR the number of disenrollments is lower than the state figures show since they don't include the number of Iowans who have had coverage reinstated under a 90-day grace period that allows those who have incorrectly been disenrolled to have their coverage reinstated without interruption.