The Health 202: Trump tried to shrink Medicaid. Here's how Biden will try to expand it.
Alexandra Ellerbeck
with Paige Winfield Cunningham
But now the Biden administration is trying to pull it in a different direction.
President Trump pushed states to weed out ineligible enrollees and greenlit work requirements in exchange for benefits. But President Biden – and, if confirmed, his nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chiquita Brooks-LaSure -- are expected to push to get more people on the Medicaid rolls.
Medicaid provides coverage to around 72 million Americans — about 22 percent of the population — and those numbers have risen during the coronavirus pandemic. The program is central to Biden’s promise to get more people insurance by building on Obamacare and existing programs.