Matthew Mitchell with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University published this graph as part of his study at state government spending patters and levels over the past quarter-century. As you can see, while real spending growth is significant across all spending groups (with the exception of cash assistance), they are all dwarfed by the substantial growth of Medicaid.
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