Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Since 2012, the EPA has written a success story for public health and the environment through its implementation of…”

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?

We've really got to take a proactive approach here.

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.

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