Medicaid. It is the United States Federal Government program to aid states in providing health care to the poor and impoverished who otherwise could not receive         proper medical care. In 1995 the federal government spent a total of $77.4 Billion on Medicaid. This is up almost 300 percent from $20.1 Billion in 1984, only 10 years earlier. In the same 10 years state spending on Medicaid rose over 250 percent from $16.5 Billion to $58.2 Billion. Under the current Medicaid programs, Medicaid spending will increase …showed first 75 words of 1654 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1654 total…being used to its best extent in respect to Medicaid. There needs to be major reforms in the way money is apportioned and used. There also needs to be a decrease in the need for Medical. Through incentives to businesses for providing health coverage to applicable employees, i think that this is an attainable goal. The current state of the Medicaid program is grim, but what would be the state of our nation without it.