By CQ Staff
May 26, 2010 -- The expansion of Medicaid under the new health care law will mean a decrease in the numbers of the uninsured and a significant increase in public coverage, with most of the tab picked up by the federal government, according to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. A state-by-state analysis by the Urban Institute for the foundation shows the distribution of new enrollees and costs. The report uses two methods to estimate Medicaid enrollment and coverage.
