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When the public health emergency related to COVID-19 ended, so did continuous Medicaid health insurance coverage for many vulnerable U.S. families. But in a process that has, as of March 19, dropped 11.19 million people, including 4.61 million children, many former beneficiaries may not know they’re losing coverage or that they may be eligible to get it back.

Utah at this point has the highest rate of “procedural” terminations, according to a state-by-state analysis by the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, which used national data reported to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In Utah, 94% of the people dropped from Medicaid rolls recently lost coverage without any determination of being ineligible. Their application/review process had not been completed successfully for one reason or another.

The numbers are a moving target, with states at various stages of completing eligibility assessments. And to understand what’s happening, a bit of history is required.

Utah governor vetoes seven bills, says lawmakers pass too many

His vetoes centered around bills he thinks could have been solved with a “phone call” or that deal with the governor’s “ability to work closely with the Legislature,” Cox said early Thursday at his monthly PBS press conference.

But Cox’s biggest worry is not with a particular bill. State legislators have been passing too many bills each session, Cox said.

Read more about why Cox vetoed seven bills.

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