Medicaid spending news from FierceHealthcare
NewsSPOTLIGHT: Medicaid funding pinch turns into deep bruise
The original $87 billion in Medicaid stimulus funding relieved many cash-strapped Medicaid programs from the need to make catastrophic cutbacks. That funding expires at the end of this year, but Read more...
Healthcare spending could reach $4.5 trillion by 2019
Healthcare spending jumped 1.1 percentage points in 2009, and now accounts for 17.3 percent of the economy. Within two years, though, government spending on healthcare is projected to be more than Read more...
Medicare/Medicaid spending a national 'threat,' says CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cites federal healthcare spending as "the single greatest threat" to the United States' budget stability in its new report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: Read more...
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