Report Finds Uptick in Costs, Enrollment for Medicaid, CHIP
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program enrolled about 78 million residents and cost about $444 billion in fiscal year 2011, up from 76 million enrollees and $400 billion in costs in FY 2010, according to a report by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission. In the report, MACPAC also outlined recommendations to boost care quality, lower costs and improve fraud detection.
- "Medicaid, CHIP Costs Swell to $444 Billion" (Daly, Modern Healthcare, 3/15).