
Pandemic pushes Medicaid enrollment to record high
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A record 80.5 million Americans have health coverage through Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, largely because states have had to keep people enrolled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new federal data released Monday.
Between February 2020 and this past January, enrollment in Medicaid jumped by 9.7 million people to nearly 74 million Americans -- also a record, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. That's an increase of 15.2%. Nearly 124,000 children joined CHIP during that period, an increase of 1.9%, pushing enrollment to nearly 6.8 million kids. More than 38.3 million children are covered by Medicaid and CHIP combined.More Related News