NM: more children and adults enrolled in Medicaid, other programs

Associated Press - April 30, 2008 6:25 PM ET

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - The state Human Services Department says more New Mexicans are enrolled in health insurance programs for low-income families.

But a spokeswoman for the department also says 21% of the state's residents remain without medical coverage.

That's some 400,000 people.

The Human Services Department says 277,500 New Mexico children were enrolled in Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program as of December 2007.

The agency says that's an all-time high.

In addition, 144,047 adults were enrolled in Medicaid as of last December.

The department says that combined with the 16,528 adults enrolled in State Coverage Insurance as of February, that also is an all-time high.

The department credited an aggressive outreach and enrollment campaign for the jump.

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