SPOTLIGHT: Stats show no end in sight for Medicaid enrollment growth

State Medicaid programs added a total of almost 3.3 million people to their rolls in June 2009 compared to June 2008, representing the largest numerical one-year increase in the nation's history, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's (KFF) Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. This influx increased the national June 2009 monthly Medicaid enrollment by 7.5 percent over June 2008 to reach 46.9 million people. FierceHealthFinance