In 2006, Medicaid Paid for 14.8% of All Health Care Spending

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News In 2006, Medicaid represented 14.8% of all health care spending in the United States. Medicaid is approximately 40% of the federal government’s general revenue spending on health care and about 41% of such spending by states. In 2007, the estimated average Medicaid enrollment was 49.1 million people with an estimated average cost of care of $6,120. However, the average cost of care in 2007 varied for the following types of Medicaid beneficiaries: Children with no disabilities — $2,435 Adults with no disabilities — $3,586 Adults over the . . .