Read this article from McKnight’s and link to the Government Accountability Report to review the state federal medical assistance percentage increase for the economic stimulus package currently under debate in Congress.

The Medicaid funding would total nearly $87 billion over the period, the report said. State allocations would range from less than $100 million to more than $12 billion.

Besides raising each state’s FMAP, the bill would provide additional FMAP assistance based on increased unemployment. It would create three tiers based on state unemployment rates, each of which would correspond to an additional FMAP increase.

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