This Might Challenge What You Think About Medicaid

Half of all births. The vast majority of nursing home care. Even some school health centers. All of these services have one thing in common: Medicaid provides for them. WNYC wanted to figure out how people in New York and New Jersey might be impacted by Medicaid cuts being proposed in Washington. So we dug into the data to produce this shareable, tweetable, embeddable graphic.  We think it will surprise you. First, New York:

Unlike many states, New York still calls its Medicaid program "Medicaid." But it is administered by private companies.

(Clarisa Diaz, WNYC Data News Team)

In New Jersey, the makeup of Medicaid looks only slightly different than it does in New York:

In New Jersey, Medicaid is actually called New Jersey FamilyCare. Here are other names your plan could go by:

(Clarisa Diaz, WNYC Data News Team)