Disabled Fastest Growing Segment of Massachusetts Medicaid Program

July 19, 2004 Disabled Fastest Growing Segment of Massachusetts Medicaid Program Providing health coverage and services for people with physical and mental disabilities is the largest and fastest growing part of Massachusetts's nearly $8 billion Medicaid program (MassHealth), according to a new policy report released on June 11, 1004, by the Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute (MMPI). According to the report, the state spent nearly $2 billion in 2003 to provide health care for more than 200,000 recipients with mental and physical disabilities. Since 1999, the number of members with disabilities increased 13%, primarily from expansions beyond federal minimum . . .