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Medicaid State Fact Sheets 2024

Medicaid State Fact Sheets

What share of people in your state are covered by Medicaid? KFF’s state Medicaid fact sheets offer a snapshot of data and information on coverage, access, financing, and politics for all 50 states and DC.

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Nebraska Renewal Outcomes Among Individuals Subject to Medicaid Work Requirements

Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska

This brief describes the verification process for Medicaid work requirements in Nebraska and examines early data on outcomes for individuals subject to work requirements. Among Medicaid enrollees renewing coverage under Nebraska's work requirements, 93% met the requirements or qualified for an exemption —while 7% lost coverage.

Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements

KFF’s interactive tracks key data and policies that will affect how states implement Medicaid work requirements, which are required under the 2025 budget reconciliation law starting in January 2027. The tracker includes state-level data on Medicaid enrollment and renewal outcomes as well as current state enrollment and renewal policies. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 2025 reconciliation law will increase the number of people who are uninsured in 2034 by 10 million. Coverage losses from Medicaid work requirements account for over half, or 5.3 million, of the increase in the number of uninsured.

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Medicaid Financing: The Basics

Medicaid represents $1 out of every $5 spent on health care in the U.S. This brief examines key questions about Medicaid financing and how it works.

Medicaid and Provider Taxes

This brief explores how rules governing provider taxes are changing because of the 2025 reconciliation law and the regulations implementing that law, and summarizes which changes may affect each state.

5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Hospitals

This brief explains the role of Medicaid for hospitals, including how much spending on hospital care comes from Medicaid and how Medicaid expansion has impacted hospital finances.

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Medicaid Home Care/HCBS Survey

Since 2001, KFF has administered regular surveys of states about their Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) programs. The survey is sent to officials administering Medicaid HCBS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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  • States’ Concerns About the Medicare Drug Debate and the Fiscal Impact of Shifting the Cost of Dual Eligible Care

    Issue Brief

    As the U.S. Congress continues to search for an agreement on the form of a Medicare prescription drug benefit, the Commission has two new reports related to the debate. One new publication reports on findings from an October 26 discussion with state Medicaid officials on the implications of a Medicare drug benefit for states and dual eligibles. The other report provides state-level estimates on spending on dual eligibles and illustrates the effects of scenarios where…

  • State Variation in Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit Use Among Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries

    Report

    This study examines Medicaid pharmacy benefit use and spending among beneficiaries dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid in 10 states by analyzing 1995 enrollment and claims data from a new 12-state database. The study finds that dual-eligibles are relatively high users of the Medicaid pharmacy benefit, with substantial variation in both drug use and spending among this population across the 10 study states. This variation appears to persist independent of beneficiaries' health status and is…

  • Where is Medicaid Spending Headed?

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    Enrollment Another important factor is that Medicaid enrollment increases slowed substantially. After increasing by 7.9 percent annually between 1988 and 1992, enrollment growth slowed to 5.3 percent per year in the following three years (Table 2). Table 3 shows that the rate of growth in enrollment of Medicaid beneficiaries slowed between 1991 and 1995. Enrollment growth increased by 11 percent in 1992 but by only 1.8 percent in 1995. Enrollment growth among the aged slowed…

  • Primer on the Federal Budget, July 1997

    Report

    This report provides information on key budgetary facts and trends and highlights federal spending in health care programs. It includes an overview of federal revenues and spending in fiscal year 1995, an overview of the budget "window" from fiscal year1996 through fiscal year 2002, and the historical context for the budget debate, from fiscal 1973 through fiscal year 2002. Chartbook: Primer on the Federal Budget

  • State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid – UPDATE

    Fact Sheet

    State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid This fact sheet updates the current fiscal situation facing states, the impact the recent downturn in the economy had on Medicaid growth, and the cost containment actions being taken by states to curb Medicaid spending. Fact Sheet (.pdf)

  • Legislative Summary: State Children’s Health Insurance Program – Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet

    State Children's Health Insurance Program Summary November 1997 Nearly 10 million children are uninsured, often resulting in difficulties in obtaining needed health care. To expand coverage to low-income uninsured children, Congress enacted the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as part of the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (P.L. 105-33). This new program allocates $20.3 billion in federal matching funds over five years to states to expand insurance for children. States can use the…

  • Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace: Chartbook

    Report

    This chartbook provides an overview of health care spending and trends in health plan enrollment. It highlights health insurance premiums and costs, health insurance benefits, the structure of the health care market. Data on the stock markets role within the health care industry and implications of health insurance trends for consumers and the safety net is also included. Chartbook

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care

    Fact Sheet

    Racial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major differences in health status compared to the majority white population. Although many factors affect health status, the lack of health insurance and other barriers to obtaining health services markedly diminish minorities' use of both preventive services and medical treatments. This report, produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, examines health insurance coverage and access to physician services among African…

  • Prescription Drugs: Results from a National Survey

    Fact Sheet

    Prescription drugs have become an integral part of medical practice - they help keep people healthy and save lives. But rising prescription drug costs have placed a growing burden on consumers, employers, and public programs. The issue of drug coverage for seniors under Medicare has moved to center stage in the Presidential election. Findings from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health "National Survey on Prescription Drugs," a Public Opinion Update…