Just the Facts 1999-2000

Table 41
Medicaid Spending Per Capita, 1997
Rank	State	Amt.	Rank	State	Amt.
1	NEW YORK	$1,177	27	Georgia	$413
2	Rhode Island	747	28	Indiana	406
3	West Virginia	692	29	Pennsylvania	390
4	Massachusetts	630	30	Missouri	388
5	Maine	628	31	Wyoming	384
6	Connecticut	613	32	Iowa	380
7	Kentucky	581	33	Texas	378
8	Tennessee	547	34	Delaware	376
9	Louisiana	537	35	Michigan	367
10	Alaska	527	36	Alabama	364
11	Vermont	524	37	Wisconsin	363
12	Ohio	523	38	Montana	362
13	Mississippi	522	39	Idaho	357
14	Arkansas	516	40	California	354
15	North Dakota	512	41	Kansas	354
16	North Carolina	510	42	Florida	333
17	Minnesota	503	43	Oklahoma	313
18	Illinois	486	44	Colorado	289
19	New Mexico	475	45	Virginia	276
20	New Hampshire	472	46	Washington	248
21	Oregon	455	47	Nevada	222
22	New Jersey	443	48	Utah	206
23	Maryland	432	49	Arizona	54
24	South Dakota	432	50	Hawaii	NA
25	South Carolina	427	U.S. average		$462
26	Nebraska	420	N.Y.S. % above avg.		154.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
New York spends 15% of the national total for Medicaid, with only 7% of the population and 9% of all Medicaid recipients.

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