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Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women

Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women. Medicare and Medicaid cover 30% of adult women. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute tabulations of March 2012 Current Population Survey, Bureau of the Census .

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Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women

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  1. Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women Medicare and Medicaid cover 30% of adult women SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute tabulations of March 2012 Current Population Survey, Bureau of the Census.

  2. Women comprise the majority of the Medicaid and Medicare programs 22.4 million women 25.7 million women • Medicaid is the coverage program for low-income individuals. Women have lower incomes and are more likely to qualify for Medicaid’s categories: pregnancy, parents, disability. • Medicare is the federal health coverage program for seniors and younger adults with permanent disabilities. • On average, women’s life expectancy is nearly 5 years longer than men’s. SOURCE: Medicaid data: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2009 Medicaid MSIS. Medicare data from the 2010 CMS Data Compendium.

  3. Women on Medicaid are poorer and sicker than women with private coverage NOTE: The federal poverty level was $18,530 for a family of three in 2011. SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute tabulations of March 2012 Current Population Survey, Bureau of the Census.

  4. Most women on Medicaid are in reproductive years and Medicaid is a primary payer for women’s reproductive care • Medicaid finances 75% of publicly-funded family planning services • Medicaid pays for more births than any insurer. Almost half (48%) of all births in the U.S. are paid for by Medicaid. SOURCE: Sonfield A and Gold RB, Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2010, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2012. Sonfield, A., et al. The public cost of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: National and state-level estimates. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43(2). 94; Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid’s Role for Women: Current Issues and the Impact of the Affordable Care Act, 2012.

  5. Most recipients of long-term services and supports are women SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured estimates based on CMS National Health Accounts data, 2009.

  6. Women on Medicare Have Higher Rates of Health and Social Challenges and Spend More on Care Than Men Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2009: SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.

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