Medicaid accounted for about one fifth (19%) of all spending on hospital care in 2023 and cuts to payments for care or loss of coverage could have implications for hospitals’ finances, the cost and quality of care, and people’s ability to access hospital services. There could be consequences for the broader economy too given that hospitals are the sixth largest employer in the country across industry subsectors. To inform these discussions, this analysis describes the percent of inpatient hospital days that are covered by Medicaid (also referred to as the “Medicaid inpatient share”), nationally and by state.
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Source: https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/medicaid-covers-at-least-one-in-five-hospital-inpatient-days-in-nearly-every-state/