Jobless Sock Government Spending on Health Care

For every percentage-point increase in unemployment, tack on another $3.4 billion in state and federal spending on health-care for low-income Americans. Unemployed people wait in line at the California Employment Development Department in San Jose, Calif. (Photo: AP) That’s the headline from a study released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. [...]