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Medicaid covers around 80 million people, at roughly $7,000 a year per recipient, which is double what the UK spends per patient. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/
by ckinnan 9y ago
Medicaid covers around 80 million people, at roughly $7,000 a year per recipient, which is double what the UK spends per patient.
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/distribution-of-medicaid-enrollees-by-enrollment-group/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/distribution-of...
- maxerickson 9y agoThe breakdown of the per recipient spending is useful: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spending-per-enrollee/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/medicaid-spendi... Much of the spending is on the elderly and disabled (which both group tend to have above average medical needs).