KFF on Medicare and dual-eligibles

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) has prepared two new 
publications that examine those who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, 
known as dual eligibles. The first, /Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Enrollment and 
Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2003/ 
<http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7346.cfm>, finds that Medicaid programs spent 
roughly $105 billion on the 7.5 million Medicare enrollees who were eligible for 
Medicaid in 2003 and includes detailed charts and state-by-state data tables on 
enrollment and eligibility group and spending by service. The second, an updated 
fact sheet <http://www.kff.org/medicaid/4091-04.cfm>, describes the over 7.5 
million dual eligibles, why this population needs Medicaid, what services they 
receive from Medicaid, and the current policy challenges related to dual 
eligibles, including the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. The data can 
also be found on Statehealthfacts.org <http://statehealthfacts.org/r/duals.cfm> .