How much do states really spend on Medicaid?, By Julie Rovner, July 1, 2011, National Public Radio: “July 1 is traditionally the day many new state laws take effect. This year it’s also the day the spigot officially turns off for $90 billion that Washington has been funneling to the states since 2009 to help them cope with the ballooning costs of the Medicaid program for the poor. You don’t have to look very far to find a governor complaining about the high cost of Medicaid or what it’s doing to his or her state’s budget…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty