The Cost to States of Not Reforming Medicaid
"We must, however, continue to express our concerns about mandated Medicaid ex- pansions. States do not have the luxury of operating a budget deficit. Every man- dated dollar that we spend is a real dollar that has to be taken from another program." Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas, June 7, 1990 While attention recently has focused on the problems of the Medicare system, Congress shortly will try to tackle another health care financial time bomb in the form of Medicaid, the health care program serving the nation's poor. If significant reforms are not enacted, states will face a...
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