Medicaid enrollment soared starting in 2020
The number of Americans getting health insurance through Medicaid, a program for people with low incomes, grew by more than 25% between February 2020 and January 2023, at which point more than 93 million Americans were enrolled in it. Temporary federal policies tied to the COVID-19 pandemic caused this swift growth.
Line graph showing sharp growth spurt from 2020 through early 2023, following a slight decline in the preceding years.
