States are turning to the big health insurance companies to keep Medicaid enrollees insured once pandemic protections end in April. The insurers’ motive: profits.
The plans have a strong financial incentive to keep their members enrolled because states pay them per member, per month: The more people they cover, the more money they get.
Private insurers and Affordable Care Act marketplaces will do the heavy lifting to ensure the nearly 78 million Americans enrolled in the nation's largest public health insurance program maintain continuity of coverage at the end of the pandemic.