Top 10 states ranked by percentage of births financed by Medicaid

The 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid Budget Survey, sponsored by the Menlo Park, Calif.-based Kaiser Family Foundation, surveyed all 50 states and asked states to report the share of all births financed by Medicaid in the most recent 12-month period for which data was available.

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States reported data from 2010 to 2016, which varied by calendar year, state fiscal year and federal fiscal year.

Here are the top ten states, ranked from highest percentage to lowest, including ties.

1. New Mexico ─ 72 percent
2. Arkansas  ─ 67 percent
3. Louisiana  ─ 65 percent
4. Mississippi  ─ 64 percent
5. Nevada  ─ 64 percent
6. Wisconsin  ─ 64 percent
7. Oklahoma  ─ 60 percent
8. South Carolina  ─ 60 percent
9. Alabama  ─ 58 percent
10. Arizona  ─ 54 percent

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