Don’t Blame Medicaid for Rise in Health Care Spending
Health care spending growth has moderated in recent years, but it’s still putting tremendous strain on state and local governments. A recent analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts revealed that it consumed 31 percent of state and local government revenue in 2013, nearly doubling from 1987.
But Medicaid — the state-based health care program for low-income Americans — is not the chief culprit.
