New data suggests that those who have joined the Medicaid rolls as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are not costing the federal government as much as those who were previously enrolled.
But it also suggests that the budgetary impacts of increased Medicaid differs dramatically between states.
According to an analysis of federal figures by the Kaiser Family Foundation, new adult Medicaid enrollees only account for 10 percent of Medicaid spending across the country, even though the group makes up 13 percent of the total population covered by Medicaid.
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