September 22, 2011

Michael Cassidy, President and CEO

The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis

Medicaid Spending:Only 3 States Spend Less

United States $1,023 25. Maryland $967

1. New York $2,282 26. South Carolina $945

2. Rhode Island $1,640 27. Oklahoma $935

3. Massachusetts $1,592 28. Michigan $922

4. Maine $1,514 29. Washington $898

5. Vermont $1,457 30. Alabama $890

6. Alaska $1,401 31. New Hampshire $888

7. New Mexico $1,341 32. Wisconsin $882

8. Pennsylvania $1,283 33. Nebraska $868

9. Connecticut $1,247 34. Texas $864

10. Louisiana $1,231 35. Hawaii $860

11. West Virginia $1,201 36. Iowa $851

12. Minnesota $1,195 37. Wyoming $828

13. Tennessee $1,159 38. Indiana $808

14. Delaware $1,150 39. North Dakota $796

15. Ohio $1,137 40. South Dakota $779

16. Mississippi $1,125 41. Oregon $775

17. Missouri $1,122 42. Kansas $769

18. Arkansas $1,094 43. Montana $766

19. North Carolina $1,087 44. Florida $746

20. Kentucky $1,084 45. Georgia $736

21. Arizona $1,042 46. Idaho $733

22. New Jersey $1,031 47. Virginia $645

23. California $989 48. Colorado $605

24. Illinois $987 49. Utah $521

50. Nevada $487

Per Capita Medicaid Spending by State, FY 2007

Medicaid Eligibility:Only 7 States Have More Stringent Rules

United States 68%

1. Minnesota 275% 26. Utah 68%

2. District of Columbia 207% 27. Colorado 66%

3. Maine 206% 28. Michigan 66%

4. Arizona 200% 29. Kentucky 62%

5. New Jersey 200% 30. North Dakota 62%

6. Wisconsin 200% 31. Montana 58%

7. Connecticut 191% 32. Nebraska 58%

8. Vermont 191% 33. Florida 55%

9. Illinois 185% 34. South Dakota 54%

10. Rhode Island 181% 35. Wyoming 54%

11. New York 150% 36. Georgia 52%

12. Tennessee 134% 37. New Hampshire 51%

13. Massachusetts 133% 38. North Carolina 51%

14. Delaware 121% 39. Oklahoma 48%

15. Maryland 116% 40. Mississippi 46%

16. California 106% 41. Pennsylvania 36%

17. Hawaii 100% 42. Kansas 34%

18. Oregon 100% 43. West Virginia 34%

19. Nevada 91% 44. Virginia 30%

20. Ohio 90% 45. Idaho 28%

21. South Carolina 90% 46. Texas 27%

22. Iowa 86% 47. Indiana 26%

23. Alaska 85% 48. Louisiana 26%

24. Washington 77% 49. Missouri 26%

25. New Mexico 69% 50. Alabama 25%

51. Arkansas 17%

Income Limits for Parents in Medicaid (using the percent of the federal poverty level)

Unemployment Insurance Recipiency:Only 3 States Extend Fewer Benefits

1 Alaska 48% 27 New Mexico 30%2 Pennsylvania 48% 28 North Carolina 29%3 Alabama 47.5% 29 Washington 29%4 Wisconsin 46% United States 29%5 Vermont 45% 30 Oklahoma 28%6 Montana 42% 31 California 27%7 Nebraska 42% 32 South Carolina 27%8 Hawaii 40% 33 West Virginia 27%9 Arkansas 38% 34 Michigan 26%

10 Massachusetts 38% 35 Rhode Island 26%11 New Jersey 38% 36 Colorado 25%12 Conneticut 36% 37 Indiana 25%13 New York 36% 38 Mississippi 25%14 Oregon 36% 39 Nevada 25%15 Iowa 35% 40 Georgia 24%16 Minnesota 35% 41 Missouri 24%17 New Hampshire 35% 42 Utah 24%18 North Dakota 34% 43 Arizona 23%19 Delaware 33% 44 Ohio 23%20 Idaho 33% 45 Kentucky 21%21 Illinois 33% 46 Tennessee 21%22 Kansas 32% 47 Virginia 21%23 Maine 32% 48 Texas 20%24 Maryland 32% 49 Florida 19%25 Louisiana 31% 50 South Dakota 19%26 Wyoming 31% 51 District of Columbia 18%

Source: US Department of Labor

Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rates by State, for 12-month period, as of 2nd Quarter 2011

Health Benefit Exchange and Medicaid Expansion Will Provide Health Insurance to Roanoke Workers

Estimated Exchange and additional Medicaid enrollment: 33,688

Low income households in Roanoke benefit from the Earned Income Tax Credit

Number of Taxpayers Receiving Earned Income Tax Credit, 2008: 23,110

There are currently 10,377 unemployed workers in Roanoke.

Of these, 2,007 receive unemployment compensation.

Raising Virginia’s recipiency rate to the national average would provide unemployment compensation to another 702 workers.

Virginia’s Unemployment Compensation System