Journal Article Medicaid Spending Growth over the Last Decade and the Great Recession, 2000-2009
John Holahan, Lisa Clemans-Cope, Emily Lawton, David Rousseau
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This report examines Medicaid spending growth nationally during the last decade, with a focus on growth during the recession of 2007 to 2009. The recession-driven enrollment growth in recent years drove program spending to increase faster than national health spending overall, but on a per enrollee basis the growth in Medicaid spending has remained lower than the rise in private insurance premiums and overall national health expenditures. The recession-driven increase in Medicaid enrollment has been the primary cause of the increase in overall Medicaid spending.
Research Areas Health and health care
Tags Health insurance Federal health care reform Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program  State health care reform
Policy Centers Health Policy Center