Medicaid Expansions: Coverage Improves but State Fiscal Problems Jeopardize Continued Progress
HRD-91-78
Published: Jun 25, 1991. Publicly Released: Jul 26, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the effects of legislation between 1984 and 1989 that expanded Medicaid eligibility and improved services, focusing on: (1) how these modifications affected low-income pregnant women and children; (2) the extent to which states implemented Medicaid expansions; and (3) whether these expansions contributed to state fiscal problems.
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Budget cutsDisadvantaged personsEligibility criteriastate relationsHealth care cost controlHealth care costsHealth care servicesPrenatal careState-administered programsMedicaid