provided through the Medicaid program for the old, disabled, and young populations, respectively. Spending on the mutually … opportunities simultaneously determining Medicaid recipiency. It finds that state demand for health care generosity for each … targeting each of the recipient populations illustrate the substitution effects evident in state Medicaid spending. …

Medicaid covers the costs of a long nursing home stay. This coverage may create an incentive for the elderly to … transfer their assets to their children to qualify for Medicaid before entering a nursing home. Previous researchers had found … a significant determinant of the likelihood of making an asset transfer. The budgetary implications of these Medicaid …

program. The author develops a theoretical model of Medicaid supplantation. States supplant because it increases their access … budget or the state's “taste†for legitimate Medicaid services. Somewhat surprisingly, legitimate Medicaid services …

The goal of the Medicaid intergovernmental matching grant is to stimulate state spending while achieving some level of … state Medicaid tax burdens per family, net of tax exporting. Of the total US$305 billion spent on Medicaid in 2004, US$29 … while residents in states importing the burden pay up to US$1.86, for every US$1 spent on Medicaid. Since virtually all …