Medicaid Enrollment Could Soar in Response to COVID-19 Crisis

April 13

More than 6.6 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims for the week that ended April 4, as many businesses were asked to shutter or adjust their operations to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Under a medium unemployment scenario in which 21 million people lose their jobs, Medicaid and individual marketplace enrollment could increase by 16.5 million and 1.5 million, respectively, across all states over the next few months, while the number of uninsured could grow by 5.2 million, according to an analysis by Health Management Associates.

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Jinghong Chen Reporter

Jinghong has been producing infographics and data stories on employer-sponsored insurance, public health insurance programs and prescription drug coverage for AIS Health’s Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits since 2018. She also manages AIS Health’s annual executive compensation database for top insurers and Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates. Before joining AIS Health, she interned at WBEZ, Al Jazeera English and The New York Times Chinese. She graduated from Missouri School of Journalism with a focus on data journalism and international reporting.

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