Spending Under Medicaid Managed Care is Growing Rapidly--Here's Why
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Spending Under Medicaid Managed Care is Growing Rapidly--Here's Why
Medicaid is the government's program that helps low income, medically needy, populations receive health care services. Within Medicaid, managed care allows beneficiaries to receive these services from a network of approved providers. Spending under managed care represents more than half of the $800 billion spent under Medicaid. And recently, this spending grew by almost $40 billion and is expected to continue growing. GAO's Catina Latham tells us why.
