MAP: Community-Based Medicaid Spending By State, 2009
States vary widely in the portion of Medicaid spending they devote to serving the elderly and disabled in their communities, rather than in nursing homes.
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This is a map of the United States, with each state shaded according to the percentage of state Medicaid dollars for the aged and disabled that are spent in the community.
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