Amid Pandemic-Fueled Need for Medicaid, MPI Estimates Nearly Half of Income-Eligible Immigrant Adults Do Not Qualify Because of Immigration Status

WASHINGTON — Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health insurance has surged in the United States. Between February 2020 and January 2021, almost 10 million working-age adults and children signed up for Medicaid and its companion Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).