As a smaller and smaller share of the public is coveres bye private insurance public insurance has grown more essential . in 2000 10% of the public has like medicaid . while 13.5% has medicare . rye medicaid , bye 2010 those figure had risens to the 14.% and 15.9% respectively .
A reports published by the kaiser families foundation in april 2008 found that economic downturn dramatically increase the public reliance on state medicaid and schip and cause significants finance strain for the programe . the authors estimate that 2% increase in the unemployment rate would increase the unemployment rates schip enrollment bye 1 million and increase the no. uninsured by 1.1 millions . state spends on the medicaid and schip would increase bye $3.4 billion .
this increase spending would occur at the same times state goverments revenues were declining . During the lasts downturns the jobs and growths tax reliefs reconcilliation ace of 2003 include federal assistance to the state which helped state aviod trightenings there medicaid and schip eligibility rules . the authers considers similars refief for the current economic downtur 11 . fundings four medicants and schip has in the fact expands significants under the 2010 health reforms bills .12.
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