Enrollment in Medicaid Buy-In Programs Increased 275% from 2001 to 2003

February 28, 2005 Enrollment in Medicaid Buy-In Programs Increased 275% from 2001 to 2003 Enrollment in the Medicaid Buy-In programs, which provides health coverage to working adults with disabilities who do not qualify for traditional Medicaid, increased from 22,000 in 2001 to 66,000 in 2003 (275%). The rapid increase in enrollment was found to be due in part to the implementation of Buy-In programs in Indiana, Missouri, and Pennsylvania in 2002. Enrollment by the close of 2003 ranged among states from approximately 100 in Nebraska to over 15,000 in Missouri. According to the report . . .