Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Look at Eligibility, Services, and Spending
| Table 1: Children with Special Health Care Needs Covered by Medicaid/CHIP by State, 2017 | |||
| State | Total Children with Special Health Care Needs | Share with Medicaid/CHIP* | Share with Medicaid/CHIP as Only Source of Coverage |
| Alabama | 260,000 | 49% | 44% |
| Alaska | 33,400 | 48% | 38% |
| Arizona | 252,900 | 58% | 43% |
| Arkansas | 161,200 | 63% | 54% |
| California | 1,144,500 | 43% | 42% |
| Colorado | 230,400 | 25% | 20% |
| Connecticut | 160,200 | 45% | 38% |
| Delaware | 47,400 | 33% | 28% |
| DC | 21,100 | 62% | 53% |
| Florida | 830,300 | 51% | 46% |
| Georgia | 530,000 | 54% | 49% |
| Hawaii | 40,400 | 35% | 30% |
| Idaho | 79,200 | 56% | 41% |
| Illinois | 575,800 | 36% | 32% |
| Indiana | 328,800 | 42% | 29% |
| Iowa | 144,000 | 46% | 34% |
| Kansas | 148,300 | 55% | 47% |
| Kentucky | 236,800 | 55% | 50% |
| Louisiana | 252,300 | 46% | 36% |
| Maine | 58,200 | 43% | 32% |
| Maryland | 266,400 | 22% | 19% |
| Massachusetts | 276,500 | 40% | 29% |
| Michigan | 453,000 | 48% | 33% |
| Minnesota | 224,000 | 47% | 38% |
| Mississippi | 169,800 | 67% | 61% |
| Missouri | 280,600 | 47% | 45% |
| Montana | 45,300 | 64% | 60% |
| Nebraska | 86,000 | 38% | 37% |
| Nevada | 111,600 | 47% | 47% |
| New Hampshire | 54,600 | 35% | 31% |
| New Jersey | 320,600 | 37% | 31% |
| New Mexico | 89,300 | 57% | 44% |
| New York | 614,200 | 50% | 47% |
| North Carolina | 470,600 | 50% | 42% |
| North Dakota | 29,500 | 26% | 18% |
| Ohio | 547,500 | 45% | 36% |
| Oklahoma | 222,300 | 54% | 46% |
| Oregon | 162,900 | 49% | 38% |
| Pennsylvania | 505,500 | 55% | 33% |
| Rhode Island | 42,600 | 56% | 52% |
| South Carolina | 226,600 | 61% | 44% |
| South Dakota | 35,000 | 45% | 33% |
| Tennessee | 289,200 | 39% | 37% |
| Texas | 1,075,100 | 57% | 38% |
| Utah | 143,000 | 15% | 8% |
| Vermont | 23,500 | 54% | 45% |
| Virginia | 391,500 | 38% | 31% |
| Washington | 305,300 | 38% | 33% |
| West Virginia | 89,600 | 45% | 43% |
| Wisconsin | 212,600 | 48% | 39% |
| Wyoming | 28,000 | 34% | 25% |
| US Total | 13,327,400 | 47% | 39% |
| NOTES: Includes non-institutionalized children ages 0-17. *Includes those with Medicaid/CHIP as sole source of coverage and those with both Medicaid/CHIP and private insurance. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health, Topical File. |
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