Enrollment In Medicare, Medicaid, Or CHIP Down 12% Between 2023 & 2024

Enrollment in federally supported health programs—Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)—declined by 12% between late 2022 and February 2024, from 159 million to 139 million. Medicaid enrollment has declined by 10.7%. CHIP enrollment has remained the same. Medicare enrollment has increased nearly 2%.

The decline has been driven by a 10.7% drop in the number of Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries, from 93.3 million in late 2022 to 83.3 million in February 2024. The Medicaid enrollment in both time points includes 12 million people who are dually eligible for Medicare and . . .