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September/October 1997 
Health Affairs, vol.16, no.5 (September/October 1997): 125-133 
 Suzanne  Felt-Lisk, Sara  Yang 
 o better understand the Medicaid managed care market during a period
    of rapid change, we developed a new data set that links Medicaid enrollment data with
    health maintenance organization (HMO) industry data for 1993-1996 to analyze Medicaid
    enrollment in full-risk health plans. Nearly half of the Medicaid enrollees in a fully
    capitated managed care arrangement were in plans in which Medicaid makes up at least 75
    percent of the total enrollment. In addition, the number of Medicaid-only plans has more
    than doubled since 1993. Commercial-based plans participated increased in Medicaid managed
    care during the period, yet more than half of the plans entering the Medicaid market were
    newly formed.  
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