Fiscal Fallout: NY’s biggest budget item, Medicaid spending outpaces all others

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(The Center Square) Four years ago, New York state spent more money per resident on Medicaid, the joint-federal-state program for the poor and disabled, than any other. 

Today, the state spends an additional $700 per resident on Medicaid, a rate of growth that far exceeds that of any other program in its budget, an investigation by The Center Square found. 

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