MEDICAID IN ALASKA

January 31, 2019 Report Month

47,838

Demographics of Medicaid expansion enrollees
Enrollee count

19-34
19,353

35-44
8,650

45-54
9,196

55-64
10,639

Male

27,767

Female

20,071

Lives covered by Medicaid
expansion
Medicaid expansion claims paid to date
$350,000,000
$300,000,000
$250,000,000
$200,000,000
$150,000,000
$100,000,000
$50,000,000
$0

100% federally
funded through
CY16 and will
transition to
90% in 2020
and beyond.

Total

Medicaid
provides health
benefits to
many Alaskans.

Medicaid enrollees by region
Alaskans
across the
state
benefit
from
Medicaid.

Out of state*
All Medicaid:
Expansion only:

All Medicaid enrollees
by category
Disabled
Children
1%

Expansion
23%

$1,235,975,209
*Note: Total represents
the summed
reimbursement amounts
for paid Medicaid
expansion claims from
9/9/2015 to 1/1/2019.

Southwest
All Medicaid:
22,262
Expansion only:
3,666

Gulf Coast
All Medicaid:
23,438
Expansion only:
5,842

*Temporarily absent or in an out of
state medical institution.

210,442
Lives covered by all
Medicaid

Children
46%

Seniors
4%
Parent/
Caretaker
20%

Southeast
All Medicaid:
19,815
Expansion only:
5,220

Demographics of all Medicaid enrollees
Enrollee count

18 or less
92,566

Disabled
Adult
7%

Interior
All Medicaid:
24,896
Expansion only:
5,837
Mat-Su
All Medicaid:
31,371
Expansion only:
6,861
Anchorage
All Medicaid:
76,652
Expansion only:
18,379

Northern
All Medicaid:
11,471
Expansion only:
1,922

537
111

Medicaid
expansion
began on
Sept. 1, 2015
in Alaska.

19-34
48,976

35-44
22,670

45-54
17,303

55-64
17,877

65+
11,050

Male

104,102

Female

106,340