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PPACA boosts Medicaid enrollment by 3 million

Enrollment in Medicaid, the government health program for the poor, increased by 3 million people in February from October, the Obama administration said.

By Caroline Chen | Updated on April 04, 2014

April 4 (Bloomberg) — Enrollment in Medicaid, the government health program for the poor, increased by 3 million people in February from October, the Obama administration said.

More than 61 million people, or about 19 percent of the U.S. population, were enrolled in Medicaid at the end of the February, the Department of Health and Human Services announced today. The data show a 5.2 percent increase in average monthly enrollment compared with July through September 2013, before some states expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

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