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Income and Medicaid Receipt (15.3.6)

Households that receive Medicaid benefits are much more likely than households not receiving Medicaid to be below the poverty level (Table 15.3.6).

Table 15.3.6
MEDICAID AND INCOME IN 2004

		Client Households Receiving Medicaid Benefits
Income in 2004 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level	All Clients	Yes	No
0% (no income)	7.9%	4.6%	10.6%
1%-50%	27.3%	31.5%	23.7%
51%-75%	22.9%	29.8%	17.1%
76%-100%	15.6%	16.8%	14.6%
101%-130%	11.1%	8.3%	13.4%
SUBTOTAL	84.8%	91.0%	79.5%
131%-150%	4.5%	3.2%	5.5%
151%-185%	3.9%	2.6%	4.9%
186% or higher	6.9%	3.1%	10.1%
SUBTOTAL	15.2%	9.0%	20.5%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	46,445	21,202	25,243

Note:   
In calculating percentages and sample sizes, we excluded item nonresponses to all variables involved.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 7) at the 1% level.

Findings presented in Table 15.3.6 include:

• Among the client households receiving Medicaid benefits, 91.0% had income at or below 130% of the federal poverty level in 2004.  In comparison, only 79.5% of the clients not receiving Medicaid benefits had income at or below that level.