Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Clearly, the Federal Government has failed here multiple times over, and I would--I'm just curious.”

Beyond the horrific loss of life caused by this pandemic and the administration's failed response, the economic consequence of job losses, business closures, imminent evictions, will last for generations.

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?

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?