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To: jttmab who wrote (214630)	1/25/2007 2:56:00 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Regrettably the Conclusion sums it up nicely: Medicaid payments are significantly lower than Medicare and State Health Plan payments. This negatively impacts the state in two ways. First, when the Medicaid payment is less than the cost incurred by the provider, the difference between that cost and the Medicaid payment is shifted to other payors. These other payors include the State Health Plan and other private pay sources. Second, the state loses the opportunity to import federal dollars into the economy. Importing dollars into the economy is the way a state’s economy grows. Federal dollars pay seventy cents of each dollar the Medicaid program spends. Costs shifted from Medicaid to other payors are paid with in-state dollars.Investing more in the Medicaid program, so that it pays its fair share for medical services is an economic growth generator for the state. When Medicaid does not pay its fair share of these costs, the reverse occurs. With thinking like that, no wonder things are screwed.