CMS is projecting a 40% increase in Medicaid lives from 2010 to 2015.

CMS projects a 60% increase in total Medicaid spend from 2010 to 2015.

Medicaid covered about 62 million lives and spent about $427 billion dollars in 2010.

Medicaid is expected to grow to over 82 million lives by 2019.

Medicaid spend has grown on average about 8% each year since program inception.