Medicaid vs. Private Health Spending, 2005-2006
Per capita Medicaid spending for acute care grew more slowly than both per person spending for the privately insured and private insurance premiums.

Notes: Medicaid data are adjusted to account for the effect of the shift in spending for Rx drugs for dual eligibles from Medicaid to Medicare in 2006. Without this adjustment the growth would have been lower.
Source: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of MSIS, CMS-64, and KCMU/HMA data, 2007; Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer Sponsored Health Benefits, 2007; Ginsburg, Strunk, Banker, and Cookson, “Tracking Health Care Costs: Continued Stability But At High Rates in 2005,” Health Affairs, October 3, 2006.

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