A CCNC booster said in the News and Observer that North Carolina’s Medicaid program is ”the envy of other states.”
Here are the southern region’s cost per Medicaid recipient figures we have published before.
Alabama $5086
Arkansas $5871
Florida $5855
Georgia $4835
Kentucky $7089
Louisiana $6371
Mississippi $5850
Missouri $8398
NC $7275
Oklahoma $6265
SC $6606
Tennessee $5150
Texas $6469
Virginia $7088
WVA $6886
North Carolina’s Medicaid spending ranks second highest in the region. Yes. We can see how Medicaid contractors in other states are envious of North Carolina’s Medicaid honey pot.
But there’s nothing here for taxpayers to envy.