Medicaid and fiscal federalism during the COVID‐19 pandemic

IF 0.9 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Public Budgeting and Finance Pub Date : 2021-05-18 DOI:10.1111/pbaf.12287

Jeffrey Clemens, B. Ippolito, Stan Veuger

引用次数: 10

Abstract

Abstract We analyze the effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on state and local government finances, with an emphasis on health spending needs and the role of the Medicaid program. We first find that enhanced federal matching funds are roughly the same size as expected increases in state Medicaid costs nationwide over the entirety of the federal budget window. Second, we show that there is substantial variation in states' exposure to increases in Medicaid program costs. Third, we show that the formulas through which fiscal relief has been distributed impact the extent to which aid targets the states experiencing the greatest need.

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COVID - 19大流行期间的医疗补助和财政联邦制

摘要我们分析了2019冠状病毒病疫情对州和地方政府财政的影响，重点是医疗支出需求和医疗补助计划的作用。我们首先发现，在整个联邦预算窗口内，增强的联邦匹配基金的规模与全国范围内州医疗补助费用的预期增长大致相同。其次，我们表明，各州在医疗补助计划成本增加的情况下存在很大差异。第三，我们表明，财政救济的分配方式会影响援助针对最需要的州的程度。

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