A look at how President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law would change federal and state Medicaid spending from 2013-2022.…
| A look at how President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law would change federal and state Medicaid spending from 2013-2022. The figures, in millions of dollars, include the cost of expanding Medicaid to cover childless adults, as well as the cost of enrolling people eligible under current laws but not signed up. The table shows how spending would change if every state adopted the Medicaid expansion in the law. A few states would save. |
| State Change in federal spending Change in state spending |
| Alabama 15,384 1,280 |
| Alaska 1,637 325 |
| Arizona 17,280 3,137 |
| Arkansas 13,186 1,221 |
| California 84,607 13,970 |
| Colorado 11,568 1,496 |
| Connecticut 9,992 -351 |
| Delaware 2,725 -505 |
| District of Columbia 990 126 |
| Florida 73,294 8,885 |
| Georgia 37,942 3,139 |
| Hawaii 3,775 132 |
| Idaho 3,749 261 |
| Illinois 29,443 6,433 |
| Indiana 18,920 1,385 |
| Iowa 5,430 -321 |
| Kansas 6,696 1,043 |
| Kentucky 18,732 1,574 |
| Louisiana 16,745 1,778 |
| Maine 3,512 -436 |
| Maryland 13,500 -504 |
| Massachusetts 11,553 -4,014 |
| Michigan 25,556 4,026 |
| Minnesota 7,055 1,931 |
| Mississippi 15,668 1,201 |
| Missouri 20,963 2,798 |
| Montana 2,815 436 |
| Nebraska 3,412 518 |
| Nevada 6,620 1,197 |
| New Hampshire 2,659 315 |
| New Jersey 19,799 3,375 |
| New Mexico 5,694 608 |
| New York 84,494 -17,669 |
| North Carolina 44,710 5,098 |
| North Dakota 2,895 456 |
| Ohio 58,010 6,627 |
| Oklahoma 9,147 1,021 |
| Oregon 14,707 803 |
| Pennsylvania 43,341 3,995 |
| Rhode Island 3,152 450 |
| South Carolina 17,003 1,527 |
| South Dakota 2,222 192 |
| Tennessee 25,247 2,306 |
| Texas 77,330 9,636 |
| Utah 7,007 707 |
| Vermont 1,324 -667 |
| Virginia 16,413 2,616 |
| Washington 10,166 1,420 |
| West Virginia 9,131 576 |
| Wisconsin 13,755 725 |
| Wyoming 1,500 204 |
| U.S. Totals 952,454 76,479 |
| Source: The Urban Institute |
