Medicaid growth expected to strain state, federal budgets
Sunday, October 19, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Medicaid's growing strain on federal and state budgets is unlikely to abate over the coming decade as the cost of providing health care to the poor is expected to increase 7.9 percent annually, government actuaries reported Friday.
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