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  • State Responses to Budget Crisis in 2004: An Overview of Ten States – Overview and Case Studies

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    In this report we examine how ten states from around the nation have responded to their budget crises in fiscal year 2004. While states vary in the depth of the budget pressures they faced, as state revenues remained depressed, all were required to make difficult choices among spending reductions, tax increases, or other revenue measures. In general, we found states with few exceptions relied on targeted revenue measures, such as cigarette and alcohol taxes, but…

  • State Budgets and Health Coverage:  An Update on FY 2004 and Beyond

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    State Budgets and Health Coverage: An Update on FY 2004 and Beyond New reports released at a January 28, 2004 briefing updating a survey on Medicaid budget trends, the future fiscal outlook of states, and case studies of ten states and their budget conditions. Webcast of January 28, 2004 Briefing News Release Report: States Respond to Fiscal Pressure: A 50-State Update of State Medicaid Spending Growth and Cost Containment Actions Issue Brief: Is the State…

  • State Fiscal Conditions and Health Coverage: An Update on FY2004 and Beyond

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    The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released three new reports today on how states are coping with the fourth year of fiscal stress. The third annual survey of the 50 states reveals a far-reaching impact on health coverage for low-income families at a time when enrollment is increasing due to sluggish economic conditions. Some of the findings from the reports include: Medicaid spending growth slowed for first time in 7 years. For 2003…

  • Medicaid Spending: What Factors Contributed to the Growth Between 2000 and 2002?

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    The report finds that rapid Medicaid spending growth has been driven, in part, by enrollment increases resulting from the loss of income and private insurance coverage during the current economic downturn, together with continued increases in hospital and prescription drug costs that have affected the entire health care sector. Issue Paper (.pdf)

  • Recent Publications on Medicaid and State Budgets

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    Medicaid is a joint federal-state program in which Federal Medicaid matching payments are projected to be $147 billion FY 2002, while state spending is estimated at about $100 billion. Because Medicaid is such a large part of state budgets and states are struggling with their overall fiscal situations, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured continues to follow developments in Medicaid progams related to state budgets. Below are the most recent publications on this…

  • The Impact of the “Medigrant” Plan on the Federal Payments to States

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    The Impact of the "Medigrant" Plan on the Federal Payments to States The analysis examines the conference agreement plan for the redistribution of federal funds under a block grant for the Medicaid program. It also discusses the implications of the reductions in federal spending for beneficiary coverage. Report: The Impact Of The "Medigrant" Plan On Federal Payments To States