Republican governors rush to abruptly end Medicaid coverage for millions

The COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration ended this spring, along with continuous and automatic enrollment in Medicaid for millions of Americans. Starting in April, states resumed the regular process of making people prove their eligibility for the program, and so far more than 1.2 million people have lost coverage in just 20 states, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.

No governors have been more enthusiastic about taking away low-income families’ health care than southern Republican Govs. Ron DeSantis and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Between them, they’ve stripped coverage away from about 360,000 people: a quarter of a million in Florida and about 110,000 in Arkansas.

DeSantis, though, is outpacing everyone.