Medicaid Works: 10 Key Facts

Edwin Park

Medicaid provides health coverage to low-income families and individuals, including children, parents, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. Here are ten key facts about how Medicaid helps millions of Americans live healthier, more secure lives:

Medicaid provided quality health coverage for 97 million low-income Americans over the course of 2015. In any given month, Medicaid served 33 million children, 27 million adults (mostly in low-income working families), 6 million seniors, and 10 million persons with disabilities, according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.