About 4% of adults and up to 8% of children have some reaction to food. With the increase in food allergies in children, some pregnant or breastfeeding women are likely to worry about eating certain types of foods.
The state of emergency declared nation-wide due to COVID-19 led to the creation of public health policies that aimed to protect citizens from the health contingency. The laws included continuous Medicaid coverage under which beneficiaries were guaranteed uninterrupted coverage, with no need for an annual redetermination on the basis of changes in their household or their income.
