One in Six Americans Is Now on Medicaid – DailyFinance
A record one in six Americans is on Medicaid, the government’s health program for the poor, according to USA Today. And Medicaid is just one of several government anti-poverty programs that have seen large increases in caseloads and in costs.
Millions of Americans lost their jobs during the recession, and large numbers of those have lost their employee-sponsored health insurance, too. COBRA subsidies notwithstanding, those job losses have cost most the ability to pay for private health insurance as well.
One in Six Americans Is Now on Medicaid – DailyFinance
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