Growth of Medicaid in Kentucky

Did you know:

• From 1999 to 2009, total federal and state spending on Kentucky’s Medicaid program rose by 54%, from $3.3 billion to $5.1 billion and Kentucky’s general fund spending on Medicaid increased by 37%, from $802 million to $1.1 billion
• The number of Kentuckians enrolled in the program grew from about 664,000 to roughly 924,000, or 39%.
• These increases occurred during a time where real U.S. GDP grew by 19% and Kentucky’s by only 8% and followed a decade (1989 to 1999) of even more dramatic increases in the Medicaid program. 

Download "An Unsustainable Path: The Past and Future of Kentucky Medicaid Spending" to learn more about this growing problem and suggested solutions!