Joseph P. Kennedy III: “And this is very much a life-or-death situation for the millions of people with chronic health conditions...”

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

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?