Medicaid’s Role in Covering Veterans
| Medicaid’s Role in Covering Veterans by State | ||
| State | Number of Nonelderly Veterans with Medicaid (2015) |
Number of Nonelderly Veterans who are Uninsured (2015) |
| Expanded Medicaid/ Republican Governor | ||
| Arizona | 24,100 | 11,593 |
| Arkansas | 15,008 | 8,396 |
| Illinois | 31,520 | 15,676 |
| Indiana | 12,716 | 14,549 |
| Iowa | 8,898 | 2,926 |
| Kentucky | 19,394 | 6,119 |
| Maryland | 19,276 | 6,003 |
| Massachusetts | 25,652 | 2,723 |
| Michigan | 39,954 | 12,937 |
| Nevada | 8,939 | 5,438 |
| New Hampshire | N/A | 4,634 |
| New Jersey | 11,642 | 5,997 |
| New Mexico | 12,586 | 6,194 |
| North Dakota | N/A | N/A |
| Ohio | 40,573 | 17,722 |
| Vermont | 3,672 | N/A |
| Total | 273,930 | 120,907 |
| Expanded Medicaid/ Democrat or Independent Governor | ||
| Alaska | N/A | 4,849 |
| California | 92,021 | 35,322 |
| Colorado | 22,397 | 9,897 |
| Connecticut | 6,872 | 2,513 |
| Delaware | 3,160 | N/A |
| District of Columbia | 1,907 | N/A |
| Hawaii | 4,232 | N/A |
| Louisiana | 14,281 | 13,232 |
| Minnesota | 17,054 | 4,882 |
| Montana | 3,021 | 3,917 |
| New York | 44,657 | 14,099 |
| Oregon | 20,595 | 6,008 |
| Pennsylvania | 36,575 | 18,097 |
| Rhode Island | 3,779 | NA |
| Washington | 31,203 | 12,058 |
| West Virginia | 8,764 | 2,927 |
| Total | 310,518 | 127,801 |
| Did Not Expand Medicaid/ Republican Governor | ||
| Alabama | 14,283 | 12,908 |
| Florida | 52,310 | 47,783 |
| Georgia | 24,867 | 27,874 |
| Idaho | 4,451 | 4,724 |
| Kansas | 6,688 | 6,555 |
| Maine | 5,310 | 5,638 |
| Mississippi | 8,143 | 7,432 |
| Missouri | 11,704 | 15,003 |
| Nebraska | 3,262 | 1,913 |
| Oklahoma | 7,587 | 11,929 |
| South Carolina | 15,301 | 13,171 |
| South Dakota | N/A | N/A |
| Tennessee | 20,511 | 16,931 |
| Texas | 46,939 | 60,415 |
| Utah | 4,222 | 3,224 |
| Wisconsin | 17,977 | 8,125 |
| Wyoming | N/A | 2,129 |
| Total | 243,555 | 245,754 |
| Did Not Expand Medicaid/ Democrat Governor | ||
| North Carolina | 27,055 | 26,680 |
| Virginia | 13,300 | 18,446 |
| Total | 40,355 | 45,126 |
| N/A: Estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30% are not provided. Data table prepared by Kaiser Family Foundation. |
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Sources:
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2013 and 2015 American Community Survey, 1-year estimates.
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2015 National Health Interview Survey data.
Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data.