Indiana’s Medicaid enrollment is shrinking, yet costs are going up.
Last fiscal year’s Medicaid enrollment was Indiana’s lowest in three years, yet spending was up $800 million.
That’s a 7% increase, and the state’s Medicaid consulting firm Milliman predicts similar increases in the next six years.
Christine Mytelka says the 85,000 Hoosiers in Medicaid-funded nursing homes or other long-term services represent just five percent of the welfare rolls, but 40 percent of Medicaid spending.
