There is a wide variation in Medicaid disenrollment rates across reporting states, ranging from 82 percent in Texas to 10 percent in Michigan, according to a July 24 KFF report.
KFF said differences in who states are targeting with early renewals, as well as differences in policies and systems capacity, likely explain some of the variation in disenrollment rates.
States like Texas and Idaho are initially targeting people in the early unwinding period who they think are no longer eligible, or who did not respond to renewal requests during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the report. Other states are conducting renewals based on a beneficiary's renewal date, while others have adopted a number of policies that promote continued coverage among those who remain eligible and have automated eligibility systems that care more easily and accurately process renewals. Other states use more manually driven systems.
To date, 37 percent of people with a completed renewal were disenrolled in reporting states, according to the report.
Here are the state-reported Medicaid disenrollments as a share of total completed renewals in 32 states and Washington, D.C.:
Texas: 82 percent
Idaho: 76 percent
South Carolina: 72 percent
Kansas: 65 percent
Montana: 61 percent
Arkansas: 59 percent
Nevada: 58 percent
Georgia: 58 percent
Utah: 57 percent
Kentucky: 48 percent
Vermont: 47 percent
Mississippi: 47 percent
New Hampshire: 44 percent
Colorado: 44 percent
West Virginia: 43 percent
Tennessee: 42 percent
New Mexico: 41 percent
Indiana: 41 percent
Florida: 34 percent
New York: 33 percent
Pennsylvania: 33 percent
Arizona: 31 percent
Maryland: 27 percent
Connecticut: 26 percent
Ohio: 25 percent
Rhode Island: 23 percent
Nebraska: 22 percent
District of Columbia: 22 percent
California: 21 percent
Iowa: 21 percent
North Carolina: 20 percent
Virginia: 20 percent
Michigan: 10 percent