Medpage Today

By: Joyce Frieden

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in the U.S., one constant that many people have come to rely on for healthcare is Medicaid. But that federal-state program is expected to come under increasing fiscal pressure in the days to come, experts told MedPage Today…Despite the large numbers of people losing their jobs in the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment hasn’t increased all that much; Georgetown University recently reported that in its survey of 22 states, Medicaid enrollment grew 5% on average from February to May. “There’s always kind of a lag in that enrollment,” Salo said, pointing to a couple of factors. First, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), people who live in states that expanded the Medicaid program may already be on Medicaid, since it includes those who make up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level.

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