Medicaid Enrollment Increased 8% During COVID-19

Between January 2019, and September 2020, Medicaid enrollment rose by 8%, from 65.4 million enrollees in January 2019 to 70.6 million in September 2020, according to the latest data available at the time of analysis. In Medicaid expansion states, Medicaid enrollment increased 7.5%, from 48.2 million in January 2019 to 51.8 million people in September 2020. In non-expansion states, Medicaid enrollment increased 9.3%, from 17.2 million to 18.8 million individuals.

Medicaid enrollment was flat from January 2019 until March 2020, when it began increasing. From January 2019 through September 2020, Medicaid . . .