Medicare

The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:

August 2025 Key Findings

Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

• In August 2025, 77.3 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
• 70.1 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.2 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP.
• 40.4 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 36.9 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.

Medicaid and CHIP Applications Received

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just published updated enrollment data for Medicare, adding July and August 2025 to the data archive.

Whether the data posted since January 20, 2025 is accurate or not, I can't say for certain, but at least they're updating it...and so far, at least, I don't see anything in their monthly reports which is setting off any obvious red flags.

In any event, according to the latest report, as of August 2025:

• Total Medicare beneficiaries are up to 69.3 million (up ~86K month over month)
• Traditional/FFM Medicare beneficiaries are at 33.79 million (down ~31K m/m)
• Medicare Advantage beneficiaries reached 35.49 million (up ~55K m/m)
• 11.73 million Medicare enrollees (around 16.9% of the total) were "Dual Eligibles"...that is, enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid.

The only number which seems odd is the 375K drop in Dual Eligibles...I'm not sure what to make of that.

The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:

July 2025 Key Findings

Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

• In July 2025, 77.6 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
• 70.4 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.2 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP.
• 40.6 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 36.9 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.

Medicaid and CHIP Applications Received

In all the (understandable) panic & controversy over the enhanced ACA tax credits expiring just 6 weeks from today, I wanted to take a quick moment to note that the 2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums & Deductible increases have been formally published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services:

On November 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2026 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs, and the 2026 Medicare Part D income-related monthly adjustment amounts. 

Medicare Part A Premium and Deductible

Medicare Part A covers inpatient hospital, skilled nursing facility, hospice, inpatient rehabilitation, and some home health care services. Approximately 99% of Medicare beneficiaries do not have a Part A premium since they have at least 40 quarters of Medicare-covered employment, as determined by the Social Security Administration. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just published updated enrollment data for Medicare, adding June 2025 to the data archive.

Whether the data posted since January 20, 2025 is accurate or not, I can't say for certain, but at least they're updating it...and so far, at least, I don't see anything in their monthly reports which is setting off any obvious red flags.

In any event, according to the latest report, as of June 2025:

The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:

June 2025 Key Findings

Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

• In June 2025, 77.7 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
• 70.5 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.2 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP.
• 40.7 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 37.0 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.

Medicaid and CHIP Applications Received

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just published updated enrollment data for Medicare, adding May 2025 to the data archive.

Whether the data posted since January 20, 2025 is accurate or not, I can't say for certain, but at least they're updating it...and so far, at least, I don't see anything in their monthly reports which is setting off any obvious red flags.

In any event, according to the latest report, as of May 2025:

The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:

April 2025 Key Findings - Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

• In May 2025, 78.1 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
• 70.8 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.3 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP.
• 40.9 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 37.2 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.

Medicaid and CHIP Applications Received

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just published updated enrollment data for Medicare, adding April 2025 to the data archive.

Whether the data posted since January 20, 2025 is accurate or not, I can't say for certain, but at least they're updating it...and so far, at least, I don't see anything in their monthly reports which is setting off any obvious red flags.

In any event, according to the latest report, as of April 2025:

The Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data:

April 2025 Key Findings - Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

• In April 2025, 78.4 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP.
• 71.1 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.3 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP.
• 41.1 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 37.3 million Medicaid child and CHIP enrollees.

Medicaid and CHIP Applications Received