Louisiana Medicaid is administered by the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Louisianans including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Louisiana expanded Medicaid under the ACA in 2016 — later than most expansion states, but with a significant impact. The state had one of the …
Kentucky Medicaid is administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Kentuckians including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Kentucky has one of the most significant Medicaid expansion stories in the country. When the ACA was implemented, Kentucky under …
KKansas Medicaid operates under the brand name KanCare — a fully managed care model administered by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) in partnership with the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). Unlike states where Medicaid is administered directly, KanCare delivers virtually all Medicaid benefits through contracted managed care organizations. Every KanCare enrollee — from children …
IoIowa Medicaid is administered by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Iowans including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Iowa’s Medicaid program reflects the state’s character: a predominantly rural, agricultural state with strong family ties, aging demographics, and a …
IndIndiana Medicaid is administered by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Hoosiers including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Indiana’s Medicaid program is defined above all else by the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) — the state’s distinctive approach to ACA Medicaid expansion …
IllinIllinois Medicaid is administered by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Illinoisans including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Illinois’s Medicaid program has several features that stand out in this series. The state’s children’s CHIP program — All Kids — extends …
Idaho Medicaid is administered by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Idahoans including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Idaho’s Medicaid story is defined by a notable timeline: the state expanded Medicaid via ballot initiative in 2020 — one of the later …
Hawaii Medicaid is administered by the Med-QUEST Division of the Hawaii Department of Human Services (DHS) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Hawaii residents including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Hawaii’s Medicaid program is shaped by three things that make it unlike any other state in this …
Georgia Medicaid is administered by the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Georgians including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Georgia occupies a genuinely unique position in the national Medicaid landscape — it is neither a full expansion state nor a traditional …
Florida Medicaid is administered by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and funded by federal and state dollars, providing health coverage to low-income Floridians including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities. Florida is the largest non-expansion state in the country — with a population of over 22 million, it has more people …