Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured's Top 5 Things to Know About Medicaid

1.    Medicaid is an integral piece of the health care system

2.    Medicaid spending is driven by enrollment growth and by spending for seniors and individuals with disabilities

3.    Medicaid brings in federal revenue and helps to create jobs

4.    Medicaid increases access to care using private providers payments between 2014 and 2015 to be +0.4 percent

5.    The Medicaid expansion in health reform will significantly reduce the number of uninsured federal governmentwith the picking up the vast majority of the cost

Source: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured