66% Of All Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled In Managed Care Plans In 2014

In 2014, about 66% of Medicaid beneficiaries, or 43.5 million of the total 66.5 million beneficiaries for that year, were enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan run by one of 184 private health insurers. The percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled in a private Medicaid managed care plan increased from 59% in 2013 to 66% in 2014.

Between 2013 and 2014, the number of Medicaid managed care members increased by 9.3 million. Overall Medicaid enrollment increased by 9.0 million beneficiaries. The number of beneficiaries in fee-for-service Medicaid or public managed care, such as primary . . .