More than 1.5 million people have lost Medicaid coverage since April 1 as states start purging people from the rolls for the first time in three years.

This week, we check in on the “Medicaid unwinding” with a leading researcher, and get an up- close look at what it’s like to fall through the unwinding cracks.

Guests:

Adrianna McIntyre, PhD, MPP, MPH, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Farah Yousry, Managing Editor, Side Effects Public Media

Bobby Summers, Medicaid recipient

Kathryn Bamberger, Outreach & Enrollment Coordinator, Southeast Healthcare Services

Joel Potts, Executive Director, Ohio Job and Family Services Directors’ Association

Cindy Gauder, Caseworker, Greene County Department of Jobs and Family Services

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1.5 Million People Have Lost Medicaid. How Worried Should We Be?