Record Number on Medicaid

72,600,000: Record Number on Medicaid in 2012; Outnumbers Populations of France and UK

May 30, 2013 - 4:11 AM

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By Terry Jeffrey

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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and President Barack Obama (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - A record 72,600,000 were enrolled in Medicaid for at least one month in fiscal 2012, up from 71,700,000 in fiscal 2011, according to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), which provides an annual report to Congress on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The 72,600,000 enrolled in Medicaid in the United States in 2012 was more than the 65,630,692 people who lived in France last year, according to data published by the Census Bureau, or the 63,047,162 people who lived in the United Kingdom.