claim: "rhode island has the second highest per enrollee (medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."
author: gina raimondo
evidence_1: dec 6, 2018 ... medicaid spending grew 2.9% to $581.9 billion in 2017, or 17 ... under current  law, national health spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.5  percent per ... it is more rapid than has been experienced 2008-16 (4.2 percent).  ... projected national health spending and enrollment growth over the ...
evidence_2: "rhode island has the second highest per enrollee (medicaid) cost of any state in  the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average." — politifact ...
evidence_3: maine's medicaid program is also the second largest in the county, with an ...  only california has a higher percentage of its total population enrolled in  medicaid. .... in fact, it doesn't seem as though spending by the state's welfare  system has had any impact ... medicaid eligibility levels, maine versus the  national average.
evidence_4: "rhode island has the second highest per enrollee (medicaid) cost of any state in  the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average." — politifact ...
evidence_5: jan 20, 2016 ... a 20 percent co-insurance charge will apply for all visits to a primary physician ...  of $315 a month, 18.4 percent more than the national median of $266 for this ...  this cost is higher than the median, and the plan's high deductible of ...  mississippi also has the worst health system of any state, according to a ...