Medicaid: Recent Trends in Beneficiaries and Spending (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
March 27, 1992 |
| Report Number |
92-365 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Kathleen King, Richard Rimkunas, and Dawn Nuschler, Education and Public Welfare Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
Total (federal, state and local) Medicaid spending increased by 18 percent in FY 1990. In FY 1991, it increased an additional 26.9 percent to $92.0 billion. Recently, Medicaid spending has grown faster than both Medicare and all othernational health spending. In examining Medicaid spending trends from FY 1987 through FY 1991, two striking features emerge. One is the rapidly accelerating rate of growth in inpatient hospital spending--24 percent in FY 1990 and almost 45 percent more the following year. Second, the rate of growth in Medicaid spending varied tremendously by state and region of the country, with spending growing fastest in southern states.
