Florida's Medicaid Budget: Why Are Costs Going Up?
July 2004
Authors: Joan Alker and Lisa Portelli
Published by: Winter Park Health Foundation
This issue brief examines Medicaid costs in Florida, exploring why costs have risen over the period of 2000-01 to 2004-05, how increases in Medicaid costs compare to increases in health care costs generally, and how Medicaid restructuring might impact these dynamics.
Download report (PDF)This issue brief is part of the Florida’s Health at Risk project, a series of educational briefs on issues impacting Florida’s families conducted by researchers at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute and funded by the Winter Park Health Foundation.