Medicaid Reliance Dashboard

Medicaid Reliance by Congressional District

Medicaid and CHIP provide health coverage to nearly 80 million Americans – families in rural and urban communities, low-income workers, seniors, people with disabilities, new mothers, and children in need of critical care.

This dashboard highlights Medicaid reliance by congressional district, offering a picture of who relies on this program. Explore the data to see how Medicaid plays a role in your district.

🔎 Click on a congressional district in the map below for more details!

Data are from the following sources: Charles Gaba’s ACASignups.net; Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD); Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP); Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF); National Vital Statistics System (NVSS); Cook Political Report; National Governors Association; Ballotpedia; and KFF. For more information, please visit our Methods page.

Nationwide Medicaid Reliance by Congressional District

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🔎 Click on a congressional district in the map above for more details!

Congressional District Cook PVI & Medicaid Reliance

The Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) is a measure of how strongly a congressional district leans toward the Democratic or Republican party compared to the nation as a whole. The content of the Cook PVI is confidential and proprietary to The Cook Political Report, and its expression is protected by copyright. For information about the measure and acceptable use, please visit www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi .

Select a metric to see how partisan lean correlates with Medicaid reliance.

"r" is the Pearson’s correlation coefficient. It shows the strength and direction of the relationship between Cook PVI and the selected Medicaid reliance metric. A value close to 1 or -1 means there is a strong correlation, while a value near 0 means little or no relationship.

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State-Specific Medicaid Data

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National Medicaid Data

Download Medicaid reliance data for all congressional districts nationwide.

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County to Congressional Crosswalk

Download the dataset mapping counties to congressional districts.

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Have questions about these data? Email Marian Jarlenski at marian.jarlenski@pitt.edu

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Methods & Data Sources

About the Data

These data were compiled by staff and faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health.

For more information about our data and methods, download our full manual below:

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Many thanks to Sabin Gaire, Emma Mairson, Dylan J Nagy, Miranda Yaver, and Marian Jarlenski for their work creating this site. For inquiries, please contact Marian Jarlenski at marian.jarlenski@pitt.edu .