TABLE 6
MEDICAID EXPENDITURES FOR ADULTS LEAVING AFDC
FROM JULY THROUGH OCTOBER 1995
(Adults in HMOs Excluded)
			Alabama		Florida		Michigan		New Jersey
Month 3 after AFDC:  Not enrolled in Medicaid
Percent with Zero Expenditures			35.0***		39.1***		22.5***		30.6***
Percent with an Inpatient Admission			7.4***		8.2***		10.0***		9.8***
Median Monthly Expenditures a			$19		$19		$36		$36
Average Monthly Expenditures a			$123***		$145***		$164		$280***
Month 3 after AFDC:  Enrolled in Medicaid
Percent with Zero Expenditures			8.8		12.2		5.5		6.0
Percent with an Inpatient Admission			15.4		16.8		14.6		13.6
Median Monthly Expenditures a			$46		$69		$52		$64
Average Monthly Expenditures a			$139		$203		$158		$235
SOURCE:  1995 State Medicaid Research File data.
aBased on number of months enrolled.
*Significantly different from adults maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .10 level,        two-tailed test.
**Significantly different from adults maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .05 level,        two-tailed test.
***Significantly different from adults maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .01 level,        two-tailed test.