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Total (Federal and State) Medicaid Spending per
Enrollee, FFY1998 |
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Rank |
State |
$ |
|
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United States |
3,822 |
|
1 |
New York |
7,180 |
|
2 |
New Hampshire |
6,505 |
|
3 |
Connecticut |
6,273 |
|
4 |
Rhode Island |
6,164 |
|
5 |
North Dakota |
5,450 |
|
6 |
Massachusetts |
5,352 |
|
7 |
Minnesota |
5,171 |
|
8 |
New Jersey |
5,165 |
|
9 |
District of Columbia |
5,109 |
|
10 |
Maine |
5,055 |
|
11 |
Wisconsin |
5,032 |
|
12 |
Pennsylvania |
4,637 |
|
13 |
Iowa |
4,445 |
|
14 |
Montana |
4,342 |
|
15 |
Ohio |
4,330 |
|
16 |
South Dakota |
4,321 |
|
17 |
Maryland |
4,194 |
|
18 |
Colorado |
4,183 |
|
19 |
Kansas |
4,157 |
|
20 |
Alaska |
4,035 |
|
21 |
Nebraska |
4,001 |
|
22 |
Michigan |
3,944 |
|
23 |
Indiana |
3,943 |
|
24 |
Delaware |
3,939 |
|
25 |
Wyoming |
3,918 |
|
26 |
Idaho |
3,769 |
|
27 |
Kentucky |
3,703 |
|
28 |
North Carolina |
3,607 |
|
29 |
Illinois |
3,575 |
|
30 |
Nevada |
3,476 |
|
31 |
Utah |
3,440 |
|
32 |
Missouri |
3,436 |
|
33 |
Louisiana |
3,401 |
|
34 |
West Virginia |
3,368 |
|
35 |
Arkansas |
3,320 |
|
36 |
Washington |
3,291 |
|
37 |
Hawaii |
3,231 |
|
38 |
Oregon |
3,167 |
|
39 |
Virginia |
3,138 |
|
40 |
Texas |
3,101 |
|
41 |
Alabama |
3,083 |
|
42 |
Florida |
3,061 |
|
43 |
New Mexico |
2,974 |
|
44 |
Vermont |
2,880 |
|
45 |
Oklahoma |
2,864 |
|
46 |
Mississippi |
2,859 |
|
47 |
South Carolina |
2,854 |
|
48 |
Arizona |
2,672 |
|
49 |
Georgia |
2,606 |
|
50 |
Tennessee |
2,583 |
|
51 |
California |
2,573 |
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NR |
Guam |
NA |
|
NR |
Puerto Rico |
NA |
|
NR |
Virgin Islands |
NA |
|
NR |
Residence Unknown |
NA |
Table (from
Kaiser Foundation )At
!0% annual growth, per Enrollee spending is rapidly approaching $6000.
Enrollment is 50 million.
Thus Medicaid spending is approaching $300 billion a year.P
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