Medicaid Enrollment and Expenditures by Federal Core Requirements and State Options


 

Publication Date: October 2011

Publisher: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Author(s): Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Research Area:

Keywords: Medicaid; enrollment; expansion

Type: Report

Abstract:

This analysis uses 2007 data to examine the proportion of Medicaid enrollment and spending attributable to state expansion enrollees versus federal core enrollees and presents estimates of spending on mandatory versus optional health benefits across all enrollee types.