State Medicaid Costs – IRP Poverty Dispatch

Alabama Medicaid burden rising more slowly than most states, study shows, By Brendan Kirby, April 23, 2015, Press-Register: “During Alabama’s latest budget crisis, lawmakers often have pointed to out-of-control Medicaid costs as one of the leading culprits. A report released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts, however, suggests that costs relative to state revenues have been much more manageable in Alabama than most other states over the past decade…”
State Medicaid costs grow, By Phil Kabler, April 22, 2015, Charleston Gazette: “Medicaid costs accounted for 11.4 percent of the state’s general revenue budget in 2013, up from 8 percent in 2000, a study released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts shows. Still, that was below the national average of 16.9 percent in 2013, an average that grew from 12.2 percent in 2000…”