The Trump administration's plan to identify and disenroll people who are enrolled in more than one federal or state-sponsored health plan is leaving several unanswered questions for policy experts.
In its announcement last month, HHS said a recent analysis of 2024 enrollment data found that there were approximately 2.8 million people "either enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in multiple states or simultaneously enrolled in both Medicaid/CHIP and a subsidized Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange plan."
CMS "is taking action to ensure individuals are only enrolled in one program and to stop the federal government from paying multiple times for these individuals to receive health coverage," the press release said. It also quoted HHS Secretary Robert F. K