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Publication Date: April 2004
Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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Research Area: Health
Keywords: State Spending; Health Programs
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Medicaid is financed jointly by the federal government and states. This shared financing has produced tension at times over the appropriate share of the cost of the program. This report explains briefly the mechanisms used by states in recent years to finance their share of Medicaid expenditures.