Medicaid Financing, Expenditures and Reduction Proposals

This book provides an overview of Medicaids financing structure, including both federal and state financing issues. The Medicaid expenditures section of the book discusses economic factors affecting Medicaid, state variability in spending, and projected program spending. Other issues that are examined include congressional proposals to turn Medicaid into a block grant program, federal deficit reduction proposals affecting Medicaid, and state fiscal conditions affecting Medicaid financing and services.