Medicaid spending by state in FY 2015; California tops the list

The United State’s Medicaid spending totaled about $532 billion in FY 2015. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation compiled total Medicaid spending by state in fiscal year 2015.

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The following is ranked from greatest spending to least.

1. California: $85,530,956,523

2. New York: $59,806,137,548

3. Texas: $35,807,604,086

4. Pennsylvania: $23,394,254,112

5. Ohio: $21,597,810,622

6. Florida: $21,476,052,754

7. Illinois: $17,039,177,220

8. Michigan: $15,949,108,537

9. Massachusetts: $15,564,425,180

10. New Jersey: $14,234,989,570

11. North Carolina: $13,483,308,436

12. Minnesota: $10,935,757,369

13. Arizona: $10,640,737,029

14. Washington: $10,621,146,074

15. Georgia: $9,750,156,735

16. Missouri: $9,608,165,422

17. Maryland: $9,552,933,956

18. Kentucky: $9,499,418,704

19. Indiana: $9,328,435,988

20. Tennessee: $9,144,520,686

21. Virginia: $8,103,268,228

22. Oregon: $8,066,724,366

23. Louisiana: $8,058,371,246

24. Wisconsin: $7,974,946,542

25. Connecticut: $7,853,582,804

26. Colorado: $7,358,322,459

27. South Carolina: $5,963,805,943

28. Arkansas: $5,536,506,974

29. Alabama: $5,294,253,591

30. Mississippi: $5,156,588,865

31. Oklahoma: $4,996,967,825

32. New Mexico: $4,933,671,468

33. Iowa: $4,563,170,736

34. West Virginia: $3,675,438,530

35. Nevada: $3,127,537,716

36. Kansas: $3,040,559,561

37. Rhode Island: $2,598,444,116

38. Maine: $2,580,219,327

39. District of Columbia: $2,387,153,471

40. Utah: $2,196,374,625

41. Hawaii: $2,012,418,150

42. Nebraska: $1,888,075,933

43. Delaware: $1,861,996,175

44. New Hampshire: $1,731,859,115

45. Idaho: $1,731,242,602

46. Vermont: $1,634,622,218

47. Alaska: $1,421,672,896

48. Montana: $1,149,693,473

49. North Dakota: $836,353,299

50. South Dakota: $813,084,998

51. Wyoming: $566,400,158

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