Medicaid Enrollment Increased 7.5% From 2008 to 2009

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News From June 2008 to June 2009, state Medicaid enrollments added 3.3 million more people for a one-year increase of 7.5%. As of June 2009, about 46.9 million people—about 15.2% of the United States population—were enrolled in Medicaid. Of the new enrollees, 2.0 million were children. These are findings of a report titled “Medicaid Enrollment: June 2009 Data Snapshot” by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. The report and a companion report, “Medicaid's Continuing Crunch In a Recession: A Mid-Year . . .