Interesting Article on Medicaid

[maddythebeagle]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/...icaid_states_1

- Nearly 55 million people get health care or nursing home care through the Medicaid program.

- In 2006, enrollment in the program grew only 1.6 percent. The improved economy meant not as many people were eligible for the program.

- About 4 percent of beneficiaries account for nearly half the program's costs, according to Kaiser. Many of those beneficiaries live in institutions.

- Medicaid now consumes about 18 percent of state budgets...