Medicaid Covers at Least One in Five Hospital Inpatient Days in Nearly Every State

(By Zachary Levinson, Jamie Godwin, Scott Hulver, and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: May 05, 2025)

The House and Senate are working on legislation to meet the requirements in the budget resolution, specifying cuts to Medicaid of up to $880 billion or more over 10 years. Large reductions in Medicaid spending are likely to have direct implications for the 83 million people covered by Medicaid, state budgets, and health care providers, including hospitals. 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. Continue reading here…

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