Medicaid Spending Rises to 24% of Total State Spending

In fiscal year 2011, 23.6% of all state spending was for Medicaid, representing about $148.7 billion of the approximately $648 billion for all state spending. In 2010, 22.3% of state spending was for Medicaid, and represented $128 billion of the approximately $623.4 billion in total state spending. The percentage of individual state’s budgets taken up by Medicaid varied. In 2011, federal matching Medicaid funds of $249.8 billion brought the estimated total Medicaid expenditures to $398.6 billion. In 2010, the federal Medicaid match in 2010 was $233.6 billion, for total Medicaid expenditures of . . .