Alabama was among the 15 states that qualified to receive a bonus for making significant progress in enrolling more uninsured children in Medicaid. Of the $206 million awarded, Alabama received the largest amount totaling $54,965,407. Wisconsin received the second largest amount of $23,076,127. According to a news release today from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the announcement that states who met the two performance goals qualified for the bonus. Among the performance goals, states had to increase the enrollment among children during the year above and beyond what would have been expected.
The release may be found at: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/12/20101227a.html