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When is Growth Not Growth? The Curious Case of Mental Health Budgeting in New York
Author(s) -
Fossett James W.,
Ebdon Carol A.,
Brier Norman
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.01087
Subject(s) - medicaid , mental health , section (typography) , state (computer science) , actuarial science , economics , public economics , business , psychology , psychiatry , health care , economic growth , computer science , advertising , algorithm
This article argues that the adverse impact of Medicaid on state budgets alleged in various public debates has been overstated, in some measure because of the inaccurate and misleading manner in which Medicaid expenditures are appropriated in state budgeting systems. Data on Medicaid and mental health spending in the state of New York is used for analysis. The first section provides a Medicaid spending and budgeting background. The second section discusses Medicaid and mental health in New York. The third section describes actual budgeted spending for mental health in New York, and the final section provides a discussion and concluding comments.