December 3, 2008
Nashua Telegraph Cites Tax Foundation in Story on States Requesting Federal Money
"Obama Pledges to Give Money to States"
By Kevin Landrigan
The governors have asked Obama for at least a $40 billion boost in payments to cover Medicaid, the largest state-federal program that offers health insurance to the poor, elderly and disabled.
New Hampshire is one of the 10 income-wealthiest states, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and Tax Foundation, and pays 50 percent of Medicaid costs. The federal government already pays up to two-thirds of Medicaid in Mississippi and other income-poor states.
