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Governors’ Proposed Budgets for FY 2019: Focus on Medicaid and Other Health Priorities

Kaiser Family Foundation

This issue brief provides Medicaid highlights from governors’ proposed budgets for state fiscal year (FY) 2019 (July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 in most states). Proposed budgets reflect the priorities of the governor and are often blueprints for the legislature to consider. In total, 39 proposed state budgets and text from 46 state of the state speeches were reviewed. This review revealed that while state revenue collections improved in 2017 compared to 2016, considerable economic and regional variation persists, many states are facing significant budget challenges unrelated to Medicaid such as unfunded pension liabilities or falling oil prices, and the outlook for 2018 remains uncertain due, in part, to the impacts of the 2017 Federal Tax Reform Act.

Contributors

Larisa Antonisse, Policy Analyst, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation
Robin Rudowitz, Associate Director, Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation
Kathleen Gifford, Principal, Health Management Associates

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