Financing the Medicaid Program: The Many Roles of Federal and State Matching Funds


 

Publication Date: January 2004

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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Research Area: Health

Keywords: Medicaid financing

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This paper describes Medicaid’s existing financing structure and examines its implications for the federal government, for states, and for coverage of the low-income populations Medicaid serves.