The Wall Avenue Journal of Jan. 21, 2020 included an article that checked out states’ rising expenditures of their very own and federal Medicaid funds over the fiscal years 2013 to 2018. That interval largely coincides with Paul LePage’s two phrases as governor.
The article summarized its statistical image by arraying the change in expenditures for the highest 10 and backside 10 states. All states however one elevated their well being care spending; the highest 10 by a median of some 60%, the underside 10 by a median of 5% to six%.
All states however one. Gov. LePage managed to shrink well being care expenditures by round 5% over the six years.
For a comparatively low-per-capita-income state, that comparative rating throughout all U.S. states is each placing and unlucky. And it might repeat.
Henry A. Gemery
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