Medicaid is one of the biggest and yet most poorly understood government programs. Unanticipated swings in Medicaid spending can soak up money lawmakers would rather use for other purposes, and ...

The federal government sets basic guidelines for the types of care you can get with Medicaid and how much, if anything, you pay for it. But Medicaid benefits differ from one state to another. States ...

Reporting from Washington, d.c. — It’s the program that everyone confuses with Medicare. But Medicaid, the half-century-old government health plan for the poor, is actually bigger than its more famous ...