• Medicaid pays for 46% of the $100 billion spent on nursing home services annually. (Source: Georgetown University Long Term Care Financing Project)

  

• Medicaid is the largest health care payer for patients being treated for autism and other developmental disorders. In 2013, Medicaid served approximately 250,000 children with autism. (Source: NEJM)

  

• Medicaid managed care organizations treat three times more neonatal intensive care unit admissions than commercial plans. (Source: The Institute of Medicine)

  

• Medicaid and CHIP are important sources of coverage for pregnant women, paying for half of the four million annual births in the U.S. (Source: MACPAC)

  

• Approximately 30% of homeless Americans are insured by Medicaid or other non-Medicare public programs. (Source: Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Resources and Services Administration)

  

• Approximately 10 million disabled Americans are covered by Medicaid. (Source: MACPAC)

  

• Medicaid is the second largest payer for substance abuse services, with 21% of costs covered by Medicaid. (Source: SAMSHA)

  

• Half of those individuals enrolled in Medicaid have family incomes below the federal poverty level. (Source: MACPAC)

  

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