Medicaid's Coverage Role in Small Towns and Rural Areas
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Description
Discusses the roles Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play in providing health coverage to residents of small towns and rural areas. Presents data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) on the percentage of children and adults covered by Medicaid and CHIP in 2020-2021. Includes a list of the top 20 small towns and rural areas with the highest share of children and adults covered by Medicaid.
Author(s)
Aubrianna Osorio, Joan Alker, Edwin Park
Date
08/2023
Type
Document
Organization
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
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Access · Children and youth · County-by-county data · Medicaid · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state data · State-by-state