Medicaid coverage for millions ends this year; if you’re one of them, here’s how to shop for new insurance

A sign points visitors to the financial services department at a hospital. Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in 2023, and that pushes many into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace. (David Goldman / AP)

Medicaid coverage will end for millions of Americans in the coming months, which will push many people into unfamiliar territory: the health insurance marketplace.

States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income, a process that has been paused since shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit.