TABLE 7
MEDICAID EXPENDITURES FOR CHILDREN LEAVING AFDC
FROM JULY THROUGH OCTOBER 1995
(Children in HMOs Excluded)
			Alabama		Florida		Michigan		New Jersey
Month 3 after AFDC:  Not enrolled in Medicaid
Percent with Zero Expenditures			43.9***		46.0***		30.3***		38.6***
Percent with an Inpatient Admission			2.3***		1.9***		2.8***		2.5***
Median Monthly Expenditures a			$7		$6		$14		$11
Average Monthly Expenditures a			$49***		$61***		$81		$84**
Month 3 after AFDC:  Enrolled in Medicaid
Percent with Zero Expenditures			10.5		12.0		6.3		8.2
Percent with an Inpatient Admission			6.7		4.0		4.8		5.6
Median Monthly Expenditures a			$26		$32		$24		$29
Average Monthly Expenditures a			$95		$92		$66		$99
SOURCE:  1995 State Medicaid Research File data.
aBased on number of months enrolled.
*Significantly different from children maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .10 level,        two-tailed test.
**Significantly different from children maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .05 level,        two-tailed test.
***Significantly different from children maintaining Medicaid coverage after leaving welfare at the .01 level,        two-tailed test.