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. |