State Responses to Federal Matching Grants: The Case of Medicaid

Pauline Leung
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Pauline Leung: Cornell University

Working Papers from Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section.

Abstract: While Medicaid is currently financed by open-ended matching, in which the federal government pays an uncapped percentage of program expenditures, there has been interest in trans-forming the financing structure to block grants, which limits federal cost-sharing to a fixed amount. To understand the implications of this reform, I measure the effect of match rates on Medicaid spending by using the variation induced by a kink in the match rate formula. I find that a percentage point increase in the federal match raises per-beneficiary spending by 3 percent. Using this estimate, I discuss the welfare impact of a block grant reform.

Keywords: Financial Management Reports; FMR; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 H77 I13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-02
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