IMPORTANT: See the original post in this series for an explanation of the methodology. Regular readers know that I've been obsessing over the massive increases in both gross as well as net premiums for ACA health insurance policy enrollees being caused by the combination of Congressional Republicans allowing the enhanced federal tax credits to expire as well as other Trump Regime policy changes for well over a year and a half now.
IMPORTANT: See the original post in this series for an explanation of the methodology.
Regular readers know that I've been obsessing over the massive increases in both gross as well as net premiums for ACA health insurance policy enrollees being caused by the combination of Congressional Republicans allowing the enhanced federal tax credits to expire as well as other Trump Regime policy changes for well over a year and a half now.
The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:
February 2026 Key Findings Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment In February 2026, 74.9 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. 67.7 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.2 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP. 39.2 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 35.7 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.
February 2026 Key Findings
Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment
Total Medicaid/CHIP enrollment in December 2025 dropped about 1.2% from January 2026, or by around 918,000 people.
