State Medicaid Program Administration: A Brief Overview

Publication Date: March 2005

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Health

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Medicaid is jointly financed by the federal and state governments, but each state designs and administers its own program within broad federal guidelines. This report provides a brief overview of Medicaid program administration at the state level and includes information on organization, responsibilities, and expenditures. It also describes policy issues and proposals related to state Medicaid program administration that have attracted recent attention. It will be updated as legislative or other activity warrants.