1. Medicaid, 9%
Medicaid and
Medicare, 3%
Medicare, 18%Private and
Employer
Sponsored
Insurance, 53%
Uninsured, 16%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute tabulations of March 2012 Current Population Survey, Bureau of the
Census.
Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three
in ten women
Medicare and
Medicaid cover
30% of adult
women

2. Men
45%Women
55%
Medicare, 2009
SOURCE: Medicaid data: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2009 Medicaid MSIS. Medicare data from the 2010 CMS Data
Compendium.
Women comprise the majority of the Medicaid and
Medicare programs
Men
32%
Women
68%
Medicaid, 2009
• Medicaid is the coverage program for low-income individuals. Women
have lower incomes and are more likely to qualify for Medicaid’s
categories: pregnancy, parents, disability.
• Medicare is the federal health coverage program for seniors and younger
adults with permanent disabilities.
• On average, women’s life expectancy is nearly 5 years longer than men’s.
25.7 million
women
22.4 million
women

3. 8%
5%
8%
31%
26%
56%
Rate health status as "fair" or
"poor"
Less than high school education
Have income below poverty line
Among women ages 18-64, 2011:
Medicaid
Private Insurance
NOTE: The federal poverty level was $18,530 for a family of three in 2011.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Urban Institute tabulations of March 2012 Current Population Survey, Bureau of the
Census.
Women on Medicaid are poorer and sicker than
women with private coverage

4. • Medicaid finances 75% of publicly-
funded family planning services
• Medicaid pays for more births than
any insurer. Almost half (48%) of all
births in the U.S. are paid for by
Medicaid.
SOURCE: Sonfield A and Gold RB, Public Funding for Family Planning, Sterilization and Abortion Services, FY 1980–2010, New York:
Guttmacher Institute, 2012. Sonfield, A., et al. The public cost of births resulting from unintended pregnancies: National and state-
level estimates. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 43(2). 94; Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid’s Role for Women:
Current Issues and the Impact of the Affordable Care Act, 2012.
Most women on Medicaid are in reproductive years and
Medicaid is a primary payer for women’s reproductive care
63%
18%
19%
1
Distribution of Adult Women
Medicaid Enrollees, by Age
Group, 2009
65+
45-64
18-44

5. Men
27%
Nursing Home
Residents
Total in 2008 =
1.5 million
Women
73%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey; Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the
Uninsured estimates based on CMS National Health Accounts data, 2009.
Most recipients of long-term services and supports are
women
Men
33%
Home Health Users
Total in 2008 =
2.5 million
Women
67%
43%
24%
19%
7%
7%
Total Long-Term Care
Spending by Payer
Medicaid Medicare
Out-of-Pocket Private Insurance
Other
Expenditures in 2009 =
$240 Billion

6. 42%
12%
34%
51%
39%
46%
3+ Chronic
Condtions
Widowed
Income
<$20,000/Year
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
Women on Medicare Have Higher Rates of Health and
Social Challenges and Spend More on Care Than Men
$3,994
$4,637
Average
Annual Out-
of-Pocket
Spending
Women
Men
Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2009: