As Congress Mulls Medicaid Cuts, Analyses Model Potential Impact

  • Mar 07, 2025

    With Republicans in Congress considering steep cuts to federal Medicaid spending, multiple studies have shown that the proposed policy changes could shift billions in costs to states and leave millions uninsured.

    Any major cuts to Medicaid funding could also exacerbate margin pressures for U.S. health insurers, portending potentially lower enrollment and revenue headwinds, Fitch Ratings said in a recent bulletin. As of March, more than 65.6 million people are enrolled in a managed Medicaid health plan, according to AIS’s Directory of Health Plans. Centene Corp. alone accounted for 18.7% of the national market, while Elevance Health, Inc. and UnitedHealthcare ranked the second and the third largest, holding about 11.0% and 8.5% market share, respectively.

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  • Jinghong Chen

    Jinghong has been producing infographics and data stories on employer-sponsored insurance, public health insurance programs and prescription drug coverage for AIS Health’s Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits since 2018. She also manages AIS Health’s annual executive compensation database for top insurers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates. Before joining AIS Health, she interned at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting.

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