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               MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN WISCONSIN'
                             By County, January 1987

                                               Expenditures             
   Recipients
                                          County    Percent of  January 
Average User
County                                     Total      State Total     Total
   Reimbursement


Adams ............................       $  312,089        0.32%       1,139
      $274.00
Ashland............................         445,260        0.45        1,444
       308.35
Barron.............................         905,175        0.91        2,907
       311.38
Bayfield............................        232,993        0.24         906
        257.17
Brown ............................         2,978,765       3.01        7,455
       399.57
Buffalo.............................        327,275        0.33         910
        359.64
Burnett............................         474,161        0.48        1,118
       424.12
Calumet...........................          386,957        0.39         
780        496.10
Chippewa..........................         2,095,778       2.12        3,723
       562.93
Clark..............................         973,671        0.98        2,012
       483.93
Columbia..........................          760,457        0.77        2,070
       367.37
Crawford...........................         542,130        0.55        1,365
       397.16
Dane .............................         5,304,416       5.35       15,046
       352.55
Dodge............................          1,360,807       1.37        2,658
       511.97
Door ..............................         328,509        0.33         
875        375.44
Douglas ...........................        1,356,665       1.37        3,644
       372.30
Dunn..............................          740,116        0.75        2,025
       365.49
Eau Claire .........................       1,824,639       1.84        6,784
       268.96
Florence...........................         118,246        0.12         
356        332.15
Fond du Lac........................        1,414,399       1.43        4,019
        351.93
Forest.............................         253,371        0.26         
993         255.16
Grant .............................         829,477        0.84        2,606
        318.30
Green............................           .480,494       0.49        1,457
        329.78
Green Lake ........................         330,326        0.33         
918         359.83
Iowa ........           ..............333,581              0.34         
951         350.77
Iron ..............................          169,103       0.17         
485         348.67
Jackson............................         462,817        0.47        1,701
        272.09
Jefferson...........................       1,660,030       1.68        3,060
        542.49
Juneau.............................         504,074        0.51        1,561
        322.92
Kenosha ..........................         2,550,888       2.57        7,450
       342.40
Kewaunee..........................           196,375       0.20         
575        341.52
La Crosse..........................        2,333,831       2.36        5,663
        412.12
Lafayette..........................          189,303       0.19         
701         270.05
Langlade ...........................         381,436       0.39        1,659
        229.92
Lincoln ............................         551,366       0.56        1,691
        326.06
Manitowoc.........................         1,322,173       1.33        3,430
        385.47
Marathon..........................         1,290,284       1.30        4,638
        278.20
Marinette..........................          963,118       0.97        2,487
        387.26
Marquette..........................          173,004       0.17         
698         247.86
Menominee.........................           200,841       0.20        1,061
        189.29
Milwaukee ........................        28,841,018      29.11       41,952
        687.48
Monroe............................           692,967       0.70        2,180
        317.87
Oconto.............................          565,417       0.57        1,751
        322.91
Oneida ............................        1,075,840       1.09        2,149
        500.62
Outagamie .........................1,832,443               1.85        4,303
        425.85
Ozaukee............................          499,723       0.50         
928         538.49
Pepin..............................          187,247       0.19         
524         357.34
Pierce.............................          532,168       0.54         1,398
       380.66
Polk ...............................         719,899       0.73        2,295
        313.68
Portage............................          822,336       0.83        2,435
        337.71
Price..............................          360,253       0.36         1,071
       336.37
Racine ............................        4,371,196       4.41        11,020
       396.66
Richland...........................          319,286       0.32         1,380
       231.37
Rock .............................         2,596,158       2.62        8,898
        291.77
Rusk..............................           348,242       0.35         1,350
       257.96
St. Croix...........................         864,639       0.87         1,759
       491.55
Sauk  .............................        1,089,270        1.10       2,673
        407.51
Sawyer............................           325,989        0.33        1,278
       255.08
Shawano...........................           707,175        0.71       2,203
        321.01
Sheboygan.........................         1,949,087        1.97       3,807
        511.97
Taylor.............................           8342,912      0.35        
887         386.60
Trempealeau........................          767,068        0.77        1,848
       415.08
Vernon............................           603,438        0.61        1,866
       323.39
Vilas..............................          307,001        0.31        
803         382.32
Walworth..........................         1,198,808        1.21        2,763
       433.88
Washburn..........................           346,605        0.35        1,040
       333.27
Washington........................           869,179        0.88        2,298
       378.23
Waukesha .........................         2,604,601        2.63        5,201
       500.79
Waupaca ..........................         1,268,428        1.28        2,827
       448.68
Waushara..........................           406,767        0.41        1,185
       343.26
Winnebago.........................         2,268,878        2.29        5,713
       397.14
Wood .............................         1,324,945        1.34        3,587
       369.37
   TOTAL .........................       $99,067,383      100.00%     230,393
      $429.99
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1Wisconsin's Medical Assistance Program was created by Chapter 590, Laws
of 1965, to implement "itietle,,
  Federal Social Security Act of 1965, extending health services to medically
indigent (so-called "Medicaid"
  plan). Program is funded under biennially adjusted cost-sharing formula
(eff. 10/1/86 - Wis.: 42.42%,
  Fed.: 57.58%).
Source: Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health, Bureau
of Health Care Financing,
  departmental data, January 1987; Legislative Fiscal Bureau, "Medical
Assistance Program", January
  1987.