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    Medicare Benefits by State


     

    Medicare Beneficiaries

    Medicare Spending per Enrollee

    Dual Eligibles

    Medicare Advantage Enrollment

    Year

    2008

    2004

    2004

    2007

    United States

    44,198,844

    $7,439

    8,214,681

    8,386,625

    Alabama

    794,170

    $7,250

    189,624

    115,569

    Alaska

    57,827

    $7,128

    11,267

    73

    Arizona

    848,034

    $6,642

    125,072

    263,637

    Arkansas

    499,571

    $6,529

    103,526

    38,567

    California

    4,407,441

    $7,693

    1,078,271

    1,449,282

    Colorado

    564,253

    $6,590

    74,051

    163,998

    Connecticut

    540,170

    $8,185

    95,072

    54,825

    Delaware

    137,191

    $7,726

    20,159

    3,140

    District of Columbia

    74,239

    $9,154

    19,371

    6,251

    Florida

    3,151,715

    $8,462

    520,162

    771,603

    Georgia

    1,123,763

    $7,044

    254,007

    94,412

    Hawaii

    190,515

    $5,708

    29,034

    68,224

    Idaho

    208,283

    $5,764

    22,904

    40,546

    Illinois

    1,752,798

    $7,604

    345,904

    136,851

    Indiana

    947,458

    $6,973

    136,872

    91,768

    Iowa

    501,508

    $5,767

    72,761

    55,755

    Kansas

    412,783

    $6,903

    57,994

    27,522

    Kentucky

    715,037

    $6,808

    156,805

    63,617

    Louisiana

    644,114

    $8,659

    163,526

    111,436

    Maine

    248,248

    $6,015

    60,228

    6,366

    Maryland

    730,525

    $8,535

    134,275

    37,104

    Massachusetts

    1,003,321

    $8,168

    228,284

    159,051

    Michigan

    1,551,570

    $7,860

    206,566

    237,200

    Minnesota

    735,812

    $6,435

    120,415

    206,593

    Mississippi

    471,110

    $7,644

    150,585

    31,003

    Missouri

    952,110

    $7,029

    172,128

    147,011

    Montana

    157,265

    $5,650

    18,172

    18,187

    Nebraska

    268,451

    $6,532

    38,907

    22,534

    Nevada

    321,668

    $7,248

    37,289

    93,213

    New Hampshire

    200,348

    $6,302

    23,204

    4,961

    New Jersey

    1,266,002

    $8,512

    182,755

    112,637

    New Mexico

    287,395

    $5,652

    46,706

    59,177

    New York

    2,860,851

    $8,221

    639,822

    674,029

    North Carolina

    1,368,169

    $6,841

    291,369

    190,081

    North Dakota

    105,405

    $5,823

    14,822

    6,247

    Ohio

    1,812,939

    $7,343

    256,298

    315,607

    Oklahoma

    568,388

    $7,415

    96,964

    66,441

    Oregon

    571,135

    $6,116

    80,022

    215,613

    Pennsylvania

    2,195,478

    $7,520

    338,090

    675,179

    Rhode Island

    175,877

    $6,925

    38,521

    59,740

    South Carolina

    702,584

    $6,919

    133,805

    56,316

    South Dakota

    129,969

    $5,640

    18,336

    4,863

    Tennessee

    980,209

    $7,041

    308,194

    170,217

    Texas

    2,735,037

    $8,292

    487,129

    373,014

    Utah

    256,511

    $6,142

    24,938

    45,406

    Vermont

    102,652

    $6,028

    30,275

    1,522

    Virginia

    1,055,919

    $6,373

    154,600

    95,991

    Washington

    881,153

    $6,200

    126,843

    170,145

    West Virginia

    368,891

    $6,861

    60,976

    60,515

    Wisconsin

    860,935

    $6,198

    208,502

    174,345

    Wyoming

    74,689

    $6,019

    9,279

    2,000

    Sources: The Kaiser Family Foundation, Total Medicare Advantage (MA) Enrollment, 2007, http://www.statehealthfacts.org/ ; The Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Spending Per Enrollee by State of Residence by Service Type, 2004, http://www.statehealthfacts.org/; The Kaiser Family Foundation, Total Number of Medicare Beneficiaries, 2008, http://www.statehealthfacts.org/