During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment surged due to federal measures that required states to maintain coverage for individuals, even if they gained other insurance. This policy, implemented in March 2020, lasted three years and added over 23.3 million people to

The Coronavirus pandemic and the consequential economic recession accentuated the importance of the Medicaid program last year. By February, the Medicaid enrollment rate increased to 7.4 percent, and 76.5 million people were enrolled in the jointly funded program. In 2021,