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A new Brookings Institute study shows Nevada gets only one half of what most states receive in federal funding. And while some charge that Nevada is lazy in going after federal money, the study's author says that's not necessarily true.
The national average for states receiving money is $1,469 per person per year. Nevada receives only $742 per person. But Andrew Reamer, who wrote the study, says that most of the discrepancy can be found in the purpose of the funding and that is health care. "The percentage of the monies that are spent in health is 61%. So a little less than two-thirds of the money is spent on health. Nevada I think is in the 40's." So Nevada get less federal money for health care.
The Silver State is strict on requirements for it's Medicaid program to get more federal money it would have to first spend more state money. That is up to the legislature. And while Nevada doesn't aggressively pursue other sources of federal money health care by far makes up the biggest part of the discrepancy.
