Free-market advocates said the moves missed the mark, though Mr. Biden argued that he had to “undo the damage that Trump has done.” “There’s nothing new that we’re doing here other than restoring the Affordable Care Act and restoring the Medicaid to the way it was before Trump became president,” Mr. Biden said. Analysts are trying to figure out how many people were nudged out of job-based coverage during the pandemic. Estimates range from a few million to 10 million. Many people who lost jobs didn’t have employer-based insurance, and some employers continued paying benefits to workers who were furloughed.