Medicaid in Hamilton County
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Participants  (monthly avg.) 93,376 92,473 116,803 121,472 120,348 121,084 127,242
               
Annual Payments (in millions, federal & state dollars) $643.3 $727.0 $799.5 $872.7 $922.3 $944.8 $915.7
               
Healthy Start/Healthy Families              
 - Applications Approved 6,500 3,090 3,374 2,175 3,808 3,332 3,135
 - Children covered 8,000 4,642 5,556 3,207 5,629 4,584 4,298
 - Pregnant women covered n/a 633 830 437 870 848 750
 - Adults covered n/a 2,746 3,814 2,358 4,518 4,005 3,656

n/a - Healthy Start/Healthy Families programs were coordinated through a contract agency in 2001; few numbers available