Arizona Medicaid Enrollment Surging As Economic Recession Continues

Enrollment in Arizona’s Medicaid program increased by 11%, or by 102,000 beneficiaries, from April 2008 to April 2009, according to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, the AP/Tuscon Citizen reports. The agency’s budget administrator, Jeffrey Tegen, in a memo distributed this week to Gov.

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Filed under: Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare on May 12th, 2009