Medicaid funds are being used to help the homeless

Medicaid is intended to offer government assistance to low-income earners for health expenses. But in at least 20 states, some funds go to social services, including housing for the homeless. Medicaid funds are used to provide health care, but some states are using it to help homeless.

States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country. States are using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans. The experiment is using scarce funds to provide homes for those who need housing for health care.