Headed for a Crunch: An Update on Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Heading into an Economic Downturn


 

Publication Date: September 2008

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Entitlement Programs

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This annual 50-state survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) finds enrollment in Medicaid began to rise in fiscal year 2008 as states confronted a weakening economy, leading to more rapid increases in spending and raising the potential for program cutbacks.