U.S. Medicaid enrollment nears 7 million since Obamacare rollout

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U.S. Medicaid enrollment nears 7 million since Obamacare rollout

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-medicaid-enrollment-nears-7-million-since-obamacare-205443980.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E932AoaABu9Gki1IqY6tmw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-11T205443Z_1_LYNXMPEA6A0VJ_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-MISSISSIPPI.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Applications are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in Jackson, Mississippi" align="left" title="Applications are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act in Jackson, Mississippi" border="0" /></a>New enrollments in Obamacare's Medicaid expansion and other healthcare programs for the poor have reached 6.7 million people since the launch of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms last year, the administration said on Friday. The figures, which include state Medicaid plans that existed before Obamacare and the Children's Health Insurance Program, show enrollment climbing by 920,000 people during May, the latest month for which data is available. Eight million Americans have also signed up for private health insurance through new state-based Obamacare insurance marketplaces. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) did not break out the number of people enrolled in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which makes benefits available to most low-income people with annual earnings of up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level.</p><br clear="all"/>

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