This report, based in part on a survey of state Medicaid directors in 50 states, examines current and potential local government roles in Medicaid managed care, their capacity to serve special needs populations, and related political, historical, administrative, and regulatory considerations, to...

Estimates that Medicaid prescription drug coverage for approximately 6 million "dual eligibles"—low-income seniors and people with disabilities who are covered by both Medicaid and Medicare—accounts for nearly half of all Medicaid spending on prescription drugs, including both...

Responsibility for drug coverage for over six million Medicare-Medicaid “dual eligibles†shifts from Medicaid to Medicare in January 2006 under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. This issue brief summarizes new state-by-state data and a chartbook on Medicaid prescription drug use...