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Section 10: **Medicaid and Medicare****This section presents statistics concerning Medicaid and Medicare, government run health care programs. Specifically, these data concern the number of people with disabilities served under Medicaid and Medicare and the amount spent under each program on people with disabilities. The principal source of these data is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ 2012 Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement, produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.**

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**Table 10.1: Medicaid—Medicaid Payments by Disability Status (in millions of dollars)**In the Federal Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. spent a total of $147,097,518,680 on Medicaid payments to people with disabilities, 43.5 percent of the total amount spent on all Medicaid payments. The District of Columbia spent the largest percentage of its Medicaid payments on payments to people with disabilities (58.8 percent), while Arizona spent the smallest percentage of its Medicaid payments on payments to people with disabilities (27.2 percent).

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**Table 10.2: Medicaid—Medicaid Persons with Disabilities Served (Disabled Beneficiaries)**In the Federal Fiscal Year 2010, the U.S. Medicaid program served a total of 9,338,355 beneficiaries with disabilities, 14.3 percent of the total number of persons served by Medicaid. West Virginia had the largest percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities (26.1 percent), while Arizona had the smallest percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities (7.8 percent).

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**Table 10.3: Medicare—Medicare Payments by Type of Entitlement (in millions of dollars, unadjusted)**In the Federal Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Medicare program spent a total of $66,271,000,000 on people with disabilities, 19.5 percent of total Medicare expenditures. This was the largest percentage of Medicare spending on people with disabilities during any year between 1974 and 2011.

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**Table 10.4: Medicare—Medicare Enrollment by Type of Entitlement: July 1, 2011**As of July 1, 2011, the U.S. Medicare program served a total of 8,184,538 beneficiaries with disabilities, 17.1 percent of the total number of persons served by Medicare. Kentucky had the largest percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities (25.9 percent), while Hawaii had the smallest percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with disabilities (11.0 percent).

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**Table 10.5 Medicaid—Change in Percent of Total Beneficiaries with Disabilities**From the Federal Fiscal Year 2009 to Fiscal Year 2010, the percentage of total beneficiaries of Medicaid with disabilities (i.e., the total number of disabled Medicaid beneficiaries divided by the total number of Medicaid beneficiaries) decreased (-0.2 percent) in the U.S. The percentage of Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities increased the most in Mississippi (by 2.9 percentage points) and decreased the most in Tennessee (by 3.9 percentage points).

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**Table 10.6: Medicare—Change in Percent of Total Enrollees with Disabilities**From 2010 to 2011, the percentage of total Medicare enrollees with disabilities (i.e., the total number of disabled Medicare enrollees divided by the total number of Medicare enrollees) in the U.S. increased by 0.3 percentage points. The percentage of Medicare enrollees with disabilities increased the most in Michigan (a 0.6 percentage point increase).

                    - Medicaid and Medicare
                    - 10.1 Medicaid—Medicaid Payments by Disability Status
                    - 10.2 Medicaid—Medicaid Persons with Disabilities Served (Disabled Beneficiaries)
                    - 10.3 Medicare—Medicare Payments by Type of Entitlement (unadjusted)
                    - 10.4 Medicare—Medicare Enrollment by Type of Entitlement
                    - 10.5 Medicaid—Change in Percent of Total Beneficiaries with Disabilities
                    - 10.6 Medicare—Change in Percent of Total Enrollees with Disabilities

 

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