Intergovernmental transfers in practice and theory.

The article discusses the findings of a report on supplemental Medicaid payments in the U.S. According to the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), such payments in six states were not based on the actual cost of care nor were they used to improve health care. Katherine Baicker, dean of the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, said that there is no assurance that funding goes to the underserved.