WI sees much slower growth than the rest of the nation

@GovWalker WI sees much slower growth than the rest of the nation w/ Medicaid participation http://bit.ly/1v4SdiT pic.twitter.com/00NvjGCytS



As Medicaid Participation Surges Nationally, WI Experiences Much Slower Growth
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 5:15 PM by Jon Peacock

National data released last week show that there has been a sharp increase in Medicaid enrollment since last September, and that trend continued in April. One surprising aspect of the latest HHS data is that the growth in Wisconsin trails that in most other states, even among the states that haven’t expanded Medicaid eligibility.

Nationally, 6 million more people were enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in April, compared to the 3-month period before open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act began last October. That includes growth of 1.1 million additional people in April, as compared to March (in the 48 states that reported data for both months).

The following graph illustrates that the increases have been much higher in the 25 states that have accepted federal funds to expand Medicaid eligibility for adults to 133% of the federal poverty level. The average increase of 10.3% for all 50 states compares with a jump of 15.3% in the expansion states in April (relative to the average enrollment in those states from July through Sept. 2013)...............
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