CMS: State Medicaid Spending Outpaces National Averages

Governing.com reports that state and local Medicaid spending spiked in 2011 and should grow significantly again in 2012, according the National Health Expenditure Projections released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Tuesday, with continued increases anticipated for the next decade. CMS estimated that state and local Medicaid expenditures jumped 25.8 percent in…