'Perhaps we should question whether we are considered human in the eyes of the GOP,' said one disability rights advocate. 'If we don't fight back, the 'great unwinding' could become the great unraveling of the safety net as we know it.'
"In a country where healthcare is not a right, the Medicaid redeterminations reinforce the precarious state of marginalized communities," said one advocate as eligibility screenings are set to resume.The rapidly approaching end of pandemic-related Medicaid coverage protections and growing GOP attacks on the program at the state and federal levels have left millions of vulnerable people worried about being thrown off their insurance—and potentially losing access to lifesaving care.
that the unwinding of coverage protections enacted in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic could throw upwards of 14 million people off Medicaid over the course of 12 months, which is how long states have to resume eligibility screenings.
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