1. See J. Holahan and B. Garrett, “Rising Unemployment and Medicaid,”Health Policy Online, No. 1 (Washington: Urban Institute, 16 October 2001), www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/410306_HPOnline_1.pdf (9 November 2002 ).
2. In real per capita terms, federally financed Medicaid grew 89 percent between 1990 and 1995, and state-financed spending grew by 92 percent. Similarly, between 1995 and 2000 federally financed real per capita Medicaid spending grew by 7.4 percent, while state-financed spending grew 7.8 percent. NASBO,State Expenditure Reports( 1992, 1997, and 2000 ).
3. See D.J. Boyd , “Long Rise in Education Spending Slows as Economy Weakens,”State Fiscal News2, no. 2 (Albany, N.Y.: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2002 ); and
4. D.J. Boyd and N.W. Jenny, “States Will Raise Their Economic Forecasts but May Lower Their Revenue Forecasts,”State Fiscal News2, no. 3 (Albany, N.Y.: Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2002 ).
5. See also K. Levit et al. “Inflation Spurs Health Spending in 2000,”Health Affairs(Jan/Feb 2002 ): 172 –181.