The Medicaid Spending Mosaic

Our new analysis of average per person Medicaid spending found that the U.S. spent $7,492 per person for the 68+ million enrollees in 2015. But our analysis also found there are wide variations in spending by type of consumer and by state. Further, there are wide variations in how fast per person expenditures are growing. The data shows what is often talked about – that Medicaid is far from monolithic. The significant differences in spending by consumer type and state makes planning a market strategy and a value-based reimbursement strategy in the Medicaid sector tricky.

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