Medicaid enrollment increased by 5M during pandemic—but not for reasons you may think

Fierce Healthcare May 6, 2021
Robert King

Medicaid enrollment swelled by approximately 5 million from March through September 2020, but the boost may not just be due to job losses stemming from the pandemic, a new study found.

The study, released Wednesday, found enrollment increases were roughly the same between Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states. The study also explored the impact of simplification steps for people to sign up for Medicaid.

The study found that from January 2019 to September 2020 Medicaid enrollment increased from 48.2 million to 51.8 million in Medicaid expansion states and 17.2 million to 18.8 million in non-expansion states.

Researchers also found that 5 million more people joined Medicaid from the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 through September.

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