News Report | May 21, 2017
State Medicaid Per Capita Spending For Non-Elderly Adults With Disabilities Averaged $16,000+, With $9,000 To $40,000 Range
State Medicaid programs spent an average of $16,613 per person in 2011 for services for about 4.7 million non-elderly adult beneficiaries with disabilities. Across the states, the per-capita spending ranged from $9,903 per person in Alabama, to $37,132 per person in New York for this population. Per capita spending for beneficiaries over age 65 averaged $13,249 annually and ranged across the states from $10,578 in North Carolina, to $32,199 in Wyoming. Per capita spending for children with disabilities averaged $16,802 annually and ranged across the states from $6,945 in . . .