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Medicaid Child Coverage
The percentage of children on Medicaid have at least one parent also on Medicaid is 41.64%. We have utilized the data published by Medicaid and studies conducted by Georgetown University to extract the relevant information. All the data in the reports segregated between insured and uninsured parents. We have assumed that uninsured parents indicated that none of the parents are insured and insured parents indicated that at least one of the parents is insured.
TOTAL CHILDREN
According to the 2017 Health Reform Monitoring survey, about 96.7% of children and 89.3% of parents are insured under Medicaid. The report also stated that 21.6% of uninsured children also have parents who are uninsured as compared to 0.9% children with insured parents.
The 2018 Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment report states that 34,981,437 children were enrolled in the Medicaid program, constituting about 50.6% of the total Medicaid program. The total number of individuals under the Medicaid program are 65,852,256.
Percentage of insured children with insured parents
= (100 - Percentage of uninsured children with uninsured parents)
= 78.4%
Number of children under Medicaid with insured parents
= Number of children under Medicaid * Percent of insured children with insured parents
= 27,425,446.61
Percentage of children under Medicaid with insured parents
= (Number of children under Medicaid with insured parents / Total number of individuals under Medicaid) * 100
= 41.64%
CHILDREN ages 3 and younger
According to a report based on the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (HIPSM), about 48.8% of children of ages 3 and under are insured under Medicaid. The report also states that about 20.2% of parents with children of ages 3 and under are insured under Medicaid.
Percent of insured children with insured parents
= Percentage of insured children * Percentage of insured parents
= 9.85%
Children ages 4 to 18
According to a report based on the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model (HIPSM), about 41.9% of children between ages 4 and 18 are insured under Medicaid. The report also states that about 16.7% of parents with children between ages 4 and 18 are insured under Medicaid.
Percent of insured children with insured parents
= Percentage of insured children * Percentage of insured parents
= 6.99%