This week, our In Focus section contains excerpts of the key takeaways from A Mid-Year State Medicaid Budget Update for FY 2012 and A Look Forward to FY 2013, published Monday, February 13, 2012, by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. This report was prepared by Vernon Smith, Kathleen Gifford and Michael Nardone from Health Management Associates, as well as Robin Rudowitz and Laura Snyder from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.