More than 2.6 million Michiganders were enrolled in Medicaid in May 2024 after the year-long redetermination, which means the state added more than 400,000 people since before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and dropped 500,000 people since the end. No one had to reapply during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency orders and by May 2023, when the emergency orders ended, 3.1 million residents were enrolled in Medicaid. Redeterminations for the medical program restarted and after the year-long "unwind" there were more people enrolled than prior to the pandemic. "This was the largest renewal process our state has ever conducted, with 1.8 million
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