Deep Medicaid Spending Cuts Put Health Care Coverage at Risk for One of Five Enrolled Children

In this analysis in the Commonwealth Fund's To the Point, the Geiger Gibson Program shows that in 2020, 21 percent of children who were enrolled in Medicaid  and generally counted in a "child" category - one in five - fell into an optional eligibility group.  As Congress considers unprecedented cuts to Medicaid funding, children whose eligibility is not required by federal law are at risk of losing their health care coverage.