By 2020, Medicaid’s share of the total state budget is projected to grow to nearly 10 percent.
By 2020, Medicaid’s share of the total state budget is projected to grow to nearly 10 percent.
Oregon gets a big chunk of Medicaid funding from a tax on hospitals. The tax is matched by federal dollars, some of which ultimately flows back to hospitals for treating Medicaid patients. Increasing the tax could help cover part of the budget shortfall, said Sen. Richard Devlin, D-Tualatin, co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee.
Ultimately, Devlin said, Oregon needs the improving economy to get more people off the Medicaid rolls.
Read more at Salem Statesman-Journal.
