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By: Wonk Room » Joe Scarborough: Federal Medicaid Funding Rewards Bad Behavior

Wonk Room » Joe Scarborough: Federal Medicaid Funding Rewards Bad Behavior — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:12:29 +0000

[...] and according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a 1 percent expansion in unemployment results in 1 million more people enrolling in Medicaid and SCHIP and increases state spending by $1.4 [...]

By: Wonk Room » Stimuls Watch: The Importance Of FMAP Increase

Wonk Room » Stimuls Watch: The Importance Of FMAP Increase — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:18:48 +0000

[...] enrollment. In fact, research indicates that a 1 percent increase in unemployment results in 1 million more people enrolling in Medicaid and SCHIP and another 1.1 million more people becoming uninsured. In Arizona alone, as Napalitano pointed [...]

By: Wonk Room » Stimulus Watch: Increasing Medicaid Reimbursement Percentages

Wonk Room » Stimulus Watch: Increasing Medicaid Reimbursement Percentages — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:23:03 +0000

[...] Rosman is suggesting that the stimulus bill should also include an increase in the percentage the federal government reimburses states for Medicaid expenditures. As Rosman explains, “it’s based on a sliding scale, with the richer states, like [...]