This would be the third consecutive year the program ended with a surplus. It had $64 million cash on hand at the end of FY 2013-14 and $132 million on hand in 2014-15.
Three main factors contributed to the surplus, finance director for the Medicaid program Trey Sutten told the Winston-Salem Journal: lower service consumption by beneficiaries, flat enrollment rates and cost reductions due to changes in policy and population makeup.
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