TABLE 12
  MONTHLY ENTRIES TO AND EXITS FROM MEDICAID ENROLLMENT
                           
    Alabama   Arkansas   California   Florida   Michigan   New Jersey
Average monthly entries to and
exits from Medicaid
Entries 4.0 6.1 3.5 5.4 3.4 3.3
Exits -4.3 -6.7 -3.7 -5.8 -3.7 -3.4
Net difference -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1
Average monthly caseload 295,010 143,283 4,076,889 1,117,048 842,684 485,409
Average monthly entries to, exits from,
and transfers in and out of child
poverty-related coverage groups
Entries 3.8 5.6 10.4 5.1 7.0 5.5
Exits -3.2 -5.0 -10.8 -6.2 -5.5 -4.5
Transfers in (from other groups) 0.6 NA 11.2 4.8 2.8 0.3
Transfers out (to other groups) -0.8 NA -9.2 -3.6 -2.3 -0.6
Net difference 0.4 0.6 1.8 0.2 2.0 0.7
Average monthly caseload 121,059 44,363 63,221 223,983 86,881 58,383
                           
Source:  1995 State Medicaid Research File data.