6 Million People Have Enrolled In Medicaid Since Obamacare Launched

[DonViejo]

DYLAN SCOTT – JANUARY 22, 2014, 4:13 PM EST

Some 6.3 million people have enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program since Oct. 1, when HealthCare.gov and its state counterparts went live, according to a new report from the Obama administration. The report covers Medicaid enrollments through the end of December.

That figures includes people who are newly eligible for Medicaid because their state expanded the program under the health care reform law, people who were already eligible but not enrolled and, in some states, people who were renewing their eligibility.

Thirteen states included renewals in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report, though their exact number out of the 6.3 million could not be determined.

States that expanded Medicaid saw a boom in enrollments in December, corresponding with a similar surge in private coverage enrollees through the insurance marketplaces. Medicaid enrollments were up 73 percent in those states last month compared to the pre-Obamacare monthly average. In states that didn't expand Medicaid, enrollment was up 3 percent in December.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obamacare-medicaid-enrollment-december

[TheMastersNemesis]

1. Medicaid Enrollment Shows How Deep Poverty Is In This Country. It Is The Path To Universal Care.

So many people cannot even afford Obamacare that they must resort to Medicaid. And how many red staters have no insurance because they won't expand Medicaid. The one reason that red states will not enroll is that the demand would so huge it would reveal how bad the economy is in those states. It would expose the GOP who wants to hide its agenda.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. ^this^

Nails it!