According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, "Medicaid’s per-person costs grew 2.5 percent between 2007 and 2010, significantly slower than the rate of growth in private insurance and a full point lower than overall medical trend"
KFF provides this handy chart for comparison purposes:
KFF provides this handy chart for comparison purposes:
Pretty impressive, no?
Then see if you can spot the flaw in this conclusion:
"Medicaid has done considerably better in controlling per capita costs than has private coverage.”
[Hat Tip: FoIB Holly R]
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