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Impediments to State Cost Saving Initiatives Under Medicaid

HRD-81-121 Published: Jul 29, 1981. Publicly Released: Jul 29, 1981.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO studied the administration's proposal to limit Federal financial participation in the State-operated Medicaid programs and to modify Federal requirements to give the States more flexibility in managing their programs and thus to contain their costs.

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Cost controlFederal aid programsFederal lawFederal regulationsHealth care costsHealth care programsState-administered programsMedicaidEyeglassesExpenditure of funds