Large numbers of children are dropping off the Medicaid rolls, even though the sweeping changes Congress made to the program last summer didn’t target kids’ eligibility. The trend indicates that new Medicaid work rules and nearly $1 trillion in cuts to federal program spending are having spillover effects before they’re broadly implemented. About 1.75 million fewer kids were enrolled in Medicaid this January than at the start of the Trump administration, according to the most recent federal data.
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Source: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/medicaid-children-enrollment-falling