Number: RL31773
Title: Medicaid and the State Fiscal Crisis of 2000-2003
Authors: Christine Scott, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report describes Medicaid financing mechanisms, some of the factors that contribute to the program's spending growth, how Medicaid fits into state budgets, what avenues some states used to control Medicaid spending growth in their budgets, and federal legislative and administrative proposals aimed at affecting the program's fiscal impact.
Pages: 25
Date: December 2, 2005