Over 1.6M people in Maryland enrolled in Medicaid, more than before COVID

There are now just over 1.68 million Marylanders enrolled in Medicaid, the government health program for low-income residents, an increase of more than 262,000 people from before the coronavirus pandemic began, new health data shows. The Maryland Department of Health, like other states, was required by federal officials to stop removing people from the Medicaid rolls during the public health emergency but began the effort to figure out who remained eligible a year ago.