Medicaid Enrollment Spikes to 48m in Weak Economy
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin › October 01, 2010
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More people signed up for Medicaid in 2009 than at any time since the program's inception, as the recession wiped out jobs and workplace health coverage.
A report released Thursday by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation found that enrollment in the safety-net medical insurance program jumped to more than 48 million. With the economy barely improving, states are forecasting a 6 percent increase in the rolls next year, meaning another strain on their cash-depleted budgets.See the full content of this document
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Medicaid Enrollment Spikes to 48m in Weak Economy
The program is called Medi-Cal in California and is managed by the California State Department of Health Care Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
About 7.5 million Californians were enrolled in Medi-Cal in 2010, 7.2 million in 2009 and 6.8 million in 2008, said Anth...See the full content of this document
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