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Florida Medicaid Snapshot

Barbara Miracle | 9/1/2007
Florida Medicaid Snapshot
Expenditures

» $14.6 billion estimated spending in fiscal year 2006-07
» Federal-state matching program — 58.76% federal, 41.24% state
» Florida will spend approximately $6,930 per eligible recipient in 2006-07
» 10% of all Medicaid expenditures cover drugs

Who’s Eligible

» 2.1 million Floridians
» Elders, disabled, families, pregnant women, children in families living below poverty
» Fourth-largest Medicaid population in the nation

Providers

» Approximately 80,000 fee-for-service providers,
» 19 Medicaid managed care plans
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, July 2007

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