State Spending On TANF Benefits – By Both Dollars & Programs – Varies Widely

The growing payer, health plan, and care coordinator interest in incorporating social factors into reimbursement models and social services into service systems, is being driven by the move to measure and pay for that elusive concept – "value." Like many elements in the U.S. health care system, access to social services varies widely by state. In my previous article, Where Does Your State Rank In Consumer Cash Assistance?, the differences in TANF cash benefits were striking. While the measures of consumer access to cash benefits are many, just a couple examples illustrate the issue. The states with the highest and . . .