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CMS: Costs of Older Adults, People With Disabilities Make Up Half of Medicaid Spending 

(McKnight's)

According to a new CMS data brief, Medicaid enrollment for adults 65 and older accounted for 10.2% of total enrollment in 2023, or about 9.6 million people. Meanwhile, enrollment for people with disabilities that year was 9.9% of the total, or 9.3 million people. Total expenditures for those two groups accounted for $444 billion — about half of the total Medicaid spending of $877.2 billion in 2023. Select the link above to read more.