For those who don’t know and didn’t look these up:
NPI = Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and COVID-19 Burden in the United States—PMC (nih.gov)
GDPR = General Data Protection Regulation What is GDPR, the EU’s new data protection law? - GDPR.eu
MAID = medical assistance in dying Medical assistance in dying—Canada.ca
There is a third option, one that fits in nicely with your view of bureaucracy.
The rules for Medicaid enrollment changed: The Families First Coronavirus Response Act COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Unwinding FAQs (medicaid.gov) requires that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled through the end of the month in which the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends. The numbers are at a record high because new people are added, but the old ones don’t leave. And there is no plan to end a public health emergency that justifies expanded government.