Are More Non-Traditional Medicaid Expansion Plans In Our Future?

Last week, my colleague Monica E. Oss wrote about the budget challenges for state Medicaid programs and whether they expand Medicaid or not (see The Future Of Medicaid Expansion – What Are The Facts & Do They Matter?). Medicaid is about 13% of state budgets, and over the past two years per member costs appear to have increased (see 2015 Actuarial Report On The Financial Outlook For Medicaid). To control these rising costs, states are exploring a lot of different options. The latest iteration of the 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey from Kaiser notes that some of the most common cost . . .