States in Need: Congress Should Extend Temporary Increase in Medicaid Funding


 

Publication Date: February 2010

Publisher: Families USA

Author(s): Laura Parisi

Research Area: Health

Keywords: Medicaid; FMAP

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This special report examines why states continue to need this federal help. It includes state-specific data on the federal Medicaid support in the President's budget and on the many positive economic impacts of extending this fiscal relief.