Mississippi Removes Thousands of People From Medicaid as It Examines Post-Pandemic Eligibility

The Mississippi State Capitol Building in Jackson, Miss., as seen on March 11, 2022. Peter Forest/Getty Images for MoveOn & Emmett Till Legacy Foundation

The Mississippi Division of Medicaid removed more than 29,000 Mississippians from Medicaid at the end of June after the federal government ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.

This marks the first wave of disenrollments as the agency reviews the eligibility of its beneficiaries following the end of pandemic-era protections.