Joseph P. Kennedy III: “I urge Prime Minister Sharif to include the protection of religious minorities as part of his new security strategy.”

This is, in all likelihood, my last committee hearing as well. It has been an extraordinary honor and pleasure and privilege for me to join all of you on the best committee in Congress.

COVID-19 has brought about unprecedented challenges to our healthcare system and our economy.

In other parlance, it is countercyclical, right? When you have an economic downturn, Medicaid enrollment increases, right?

And, Doctor, you touched on this already a little bit, but just to flesh this out for us a bit more, how does Medicaid expansion specifically help States to respond to the current unprecedented health and economic crisis?