Excerpt from Popular Government, Vol. 74: Fall 2008 At the time the legislation passed, North Carolina was the only state te quiring its counties to contribute a fixed percentage to Medicaid. At one time, most states required counties to cover some part of Medicaid funding, but by 2005 all other states had assumed re sponsibility for the county portion. North Carolina counties still will be responsible for the administrative costs of Medicaid, but after a multiyear campaign by the counties, the state has agreed to assume all fund ing for services. To support this transfer of funding liabilities, the state is shifting one-half cent of the county sales tax to the state. By fiscal year 2009 - 10, the baseline county sales tax rate will be reduced to two cents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.