41st in Spending -- Hawaii
from 247wallst.com
- Medicaid spending per recipient: $4,312/yr
- Federal spending as pct. of total costs: 58.5% (31st most)
- Median income: $64,661 (4th most)
- Heart disease rate: 4.9% (2nd lowest)
- Annual cancer death rate (per 100,000): 150.8 (2nd lowest)
Despite the fact that the state has the fourth highest median household income in the country, Hawaii actually had a larger portion of its Medicaid bill covered by the federal government than poorer states like Illinois, Virginia and Nevada. Compared to most wealthy “blue” states, the group of islands spends very little on Medicaid.
Per beneficiary, the Aloha State spends less than half the national average on long-term care, which includes nursing homes and in-home care.
Despite spending nearly $1,000 less per beneficiary on Medicaid than the national average, the state has one of the healthiest populations in the country with the second-lowest rates of cancer mortality and heart disease in the country.
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