State officials expected to see an increase in Medicaid enrollment in April, when more than 2 million Floridians either lost their job or were furloughed by employers during the response to COVID-19.

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which manages Florida’s $30 billion Medicaid program, estimated in April it expected 109,348 new enrollments during a three-month span ending June 30 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency.

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