Joe Keady is a freelance translator in Brookland. He’s not making much money right now, and he qualifies for health coverage under Medicaid. He worries he’ll get kicked off the program if or when he makes more money.

To solve this problem, he and his fiancée are thinking of doing something many of their peers have put off during the coronavirus pandemic — getting married.

“We really had decided to do it anyway. So it’s just a matter of like, what’s the trigger?” says Keady, 45.