Medicaid and Its Role in State/Federal Budgets & Health Reform

This chartpack from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured addresses five key questions about the Medicaid program. They include:

• What is Medicaid and what does it do?
• What does Medicaid cost and why?
• What is Medicaid’s role in state budgets?
• What is Medicaid’s role in the federal budget?
• What is Medicaid’s role in health reform?

Chartpack (.pdf)

Related fact sheet: Medicaid and Its Role In State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform