About 85% Of Medicaid Beneficiaries Enrolled In Managed Care

During 2020, there were more than 80.8 million Medicaid beneficiaries, and of those about 85%, 67.8 million beneficiaries were enrolled in some form of Medicaid managed care. The majority (86%) of beneficiaries in a managed care plan were enrolled in a comprehensive Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) with or without managed long-term services and supports (MLTSS), representing 58.5 million beneficiaries in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

MCO enrollment increased by 6.1% between 2019 and 2020, from 55.2 million in 2019 to 58.5 million in 2020. Several states said increases . . .