MONTGOMERY — As the Alabama Medicaid Agency continues its unwinding process of redetermining the eligibility of the state’s more than 1.1 million Medicaid recipients, nearly 186,000 Alabamians have been removed from the low-income health insurance program since last summer.

The latest figures come from a new report from the agency on enrollment in February, which shows 17,887 fewer Alabamians enrolled in the program when compared to January. On average, more than 20,000 Alabamians have lost Medicaid coverage each month since last June.

Like other states, Alabama Medicaid has been sifting through its rolls since last summer after the expiration of COVID-related federal protections that prohibited states from booting people from their Medicaid programs.