Medicaid Financing and Expenditures

Mitchell, Alison

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Health policy;    Medicaid;    Government spending;    Budgets;    Welfare;   

RP-ID  :  R42640
RP-ID  :  R42640_2012Jul30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an overview of Medicaid’s financing structure, including both federal and state financing issues. The Medicaid expenditures section of the report 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.