Democrats Pressure Biden on Medicaid After Voting to End Protections

Democrats on Capitol Hill are pressuring President Joe Biden’s administration to take action after reports that states were disenrolling thousands of Medicaid recipients following a recent congressional vote to end protections for Medicaid recipients set during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The calls come amid a rapid unraveling of protections established at the start of the pandemic under former President Donald Trump. At that time, a Democratic-led Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which included requirements that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled through the end of the public health…