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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSLike our Social Security Medicare and Medicaid this report is the product of the foresight and hard work of many people Social SecurityWorks partnered closely with the Alliance for Retired Americans who are coordinating the release of this report in Delaware
We are grateful to the following people for writing designing and producing this report Daniel Marans Policy Director of Social SecurityWorks (SSW) is the principal author and lead researcher whose commitment to excellence along with that of Alex Lawson SSWrsquosExecutive Director drove the project to its successful conclusion Michael Phelan SSWrsquos Deputy Director managed the actual productionof the report We would like to thank Don Owens and Lacy Crawford respectively SSWrsquos Communications Director and Communications Associate for assembling sometimes writing and editing the personal stories included in all 50 state reports Dana Bell and MollyChecksfield SSWrsquos Legislative and Policy Associates played a crucial role in the reportsrsquo completion performing a significant amount ofthe initial research drafting the appendices and editing and verifying the data in the report Tom Arnold-Forster National Academy of SocialInsurance Summer Policy Fellow proofread the data
Very importantly we want to acknowledge our appreciation to Maureen Sullivan for generously sharing her story and views about theimportance of Social Security in her life The Center for Economic Policy and Research provided the invaluable analysis and graphshowing the causes of the recent run-up in federal deficits We would also like to acknowledge the staff of the Kaiser Family Foundationfor their assistance in finding and understanding the Medicare and Medicaid data in the report especially Research Associates LindsayDonaldson and Jessica Stephens Graphic design was provided by Deepika Mehta
This report also benefited from the work and commitment of several persons who assisted with a previous series of reports Arloc ShermanSenior Researcher and Paul N Van de Water Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities generously provided advice andaccess to poverty data analyzed by the Center Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration with the help ofVirginia Reno Vice President for Income Security at the National Academy of Social Insurance graciously provided data on the value ofSocial Securityrsquos survivors and disability insurance
The data presented in this report speaks volumes about the importance of Social Security to families communities and state and localeconomies We hope the report is useful to you as you work to strengthen Social Security in this 77th anniversary year Please contact theSocial Security Works Communications Director Don Owens if you have questions about this report dowenssocialsecurity-worksorg
Nancy Altman and Eric KingsonFounding Co-directors Social Security WorksCo-chairs Strengthen Social Security Coalition
The Alliance for Retired Americans is a grassroots organization representing more than 4 million retirees and seniorsnationwide Headquartered in Washington DC the Alliancersquos mission is to advance public policy that protects the
health and economic security of older Americans by teaching seniors how to make a difference through activismLearn more about The Alliance and its work at wwwretiredamericansorg
The mission of Social Security Works is to protect and improve the economic status of all Americas especiallydisadvantaged and at-risk populations and in so doing to promote social justice for current and future generationsof children as well as young middle-aged and older adults wwwsocialsecurity-worksorg
The Strengthen Social Security Coalition is made up of more than 320 national organizations and many stateorganizations representing more than 50 million Americans The Coalition is united around core principles whichinclude that Social Security benefits should not be cut and instead should be increased for those who are mostdisadvantaged and the belief that our nationrsquos Social Security Medicare and Medicaid systems are fundamental tothe well-being of Americarsquos families and to the type of nation we are wwwstrengthensocialsecurityorg
Our Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for America series of 50 state reports includes much information that public officials members
of the press and advocates will find useful In addition to providing information about the programsrsquo history character and vitality as well as
compelling real-life stories each report includes statistics about the number of people who receive benefits the types of benefits they receive
and the total amount of funds flowing from these programs into every state its congressional districts and counties
Please note that a one-page fact sheet summarizing the data in this report can be found at the end of the report directly following the endnotes
For congressional district-level Social Security data please see ldquoAppendix 1 Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Congressional Districtsrdquo toward
the back of the report just before the end notes
For county-level Social Security Medicare Medicaid and demographic data please see ldquoAppendix 2 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid
Data for Delawarersquos Countiesrdquo toward the back of the report just before the end notes
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 1
In 1935 when President Franklin D Roosevelt
signed the Social Security Act into law he called
it a cornerstone the foundation of a structure tobe maintained and built upon by and for future
generations Social Security could not protect all
Americans against every risk but as the President
said it could lessen the consequences of lost
earnings in old age for workers and their families
Since then we have built our Social Security
structure carefully and deliberately In 1939 we
added Survivors Insurance benefits for widows
and dependent children eventually extending it
to widowers as well Disability Insurance benefits
were added in 1956 followed by Medicare and
Medicaid in 1965 The automatic cost-of-living
adjustment (COLA) was added in 1972 designed
to maintain the purchasing power of benefits
no matter how long someone lives We built
maintained and strengthened these institutions for
a reason to enable working men and women to
protect themselves and their families We built thembecause we as a nation value hard work personal
responsibility and human dignity we care for our
parents our children our spouses our neighbors
and ourselves
This report reveals the success of these institutions
for Delaware and the nation The numbers tell part
of the story how many people receive benefits
in Delaware in its congressional district and
its counties how many dollars flow into these
jurisdictions in a year the types of benefits and the
types of people who receive benefits Perhaps more
importantly the report presents the stories of hard-
working Delawarians and their families whose lives
are immeasurably better because of the protections
they have earned
du d SuMMy
FIGRE 11
Socia Secrit Meicare an Meicairsquos mpact on the conom an Popation o deaware
PROGRAMBENEFICIARIES IN
DELAWAREPERCENT OF RESIDENTS
RECEIVING BENEFITS AVERAGE BENEFIT TOTAL ANNAL BENEFITS2
Social Security 172441 192 percent $13889 $24 billion
Medicare 143813 162 percent $10512 $15 billion
Medicaid 207243 234 percent $5847 $12 billion
Sources Social Security Administration 2011 S Census Bureau Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 Economic Policy Institute 2011
ldquoWe can never insure one-hundred percent of the population against one-hundred percent of the hazards
and vicissitudes of life But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to theaverage citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age This law toorepresents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete It is a structureintended to lessen the force of possible future depressions It will act as a protection to future Administrationsagainst the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy The law will flatten out the peaksand valleys of deflation and of inflation It is in short a law that will take care of human needs and at thesame time provide for the nited States an economic structure of vastly greater soundnessrdquo
mdashFranklin D Roosevelt August 14 1935
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 2
As you read through this report think of the people
you know Family members who live in dignity in old
age because they can count on a monthly Social
Security check that they or another family member
have earned Think of that older person who has
Medicare and with it the peace of mind that he or
she can receive medical care without becoming
bankrupt Think of a family you know who is able
to care for a functionally disabled child at home
because Medicaid is there Think of a grandparent a
parent an older aunt uncle cousin or family friend
whose life savings may have been lost paying for
nursing home care but who is still able to receive
that care because of Medicaid
Think too of how these institutions like the nationrsquos
highway system are part of a rich legacy by those
who came before a legacy that keeps workingin good times and bad Throughout the past few
difficult years Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid have been even more vital than before for
Delaware residents and the lifeblood of many small
businesses hospitals and nursing homes and home
caregivers Virtually all of the jobs our Social Security
Medicare and Medicaid systems support stay in
America
As important as these programsrsquo protections are
today the need for Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid programs will only increase in coming
years The population of persons aged 65 and
over is growing Income growth is slow for most of
todayrsquos workers Jobs are less secure and many
workers have sustained substantial losses of home
equity and other savings Furthermore employers
who historically have offered supplements to Social
Security are increasingly terminating traditional
pension plans and either not replacing them or
replacing them with far more risky and inadequate
401(k) savings accounts
Cutting these programs would threaten our familiesrsquo
economic security and health and deepen our jobs
crisis Indeed the nation should be thinking about
expanding not cutting these programs and the
protections they provide They like our highways
are so fundamental to our family and community life
and in an increasingly uncertain environment evermore important to middle-aged and young workers
and those who will follow We are much wealthier as
a nation than we were in 1935 1939 1956 1965
or 1972 when these structures were begun and
improved Now it is our turn to maintain and build
upon that structure as those who came before have
done It is our turn to preserve and improve these
valuable systems for ourselves and for those who
follow It is our turn to build a legacy for our nationrsquos
children and grandchildren so when they become
workers they will have the economic security that
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid provide
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 3
We built our Social Security system because it is
the most efficient secure universal and fair way for
Americans to replace wages in the event of death
disability or old age For over 75 years even as our
nation has endured wars political crises and severe
economic recessions Social Security has never
missed a payment it has paid every dollar of earned
benefits on time and in full
In the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the
Great Depression the risks of investing money on
Wall Street or in real estate have never been clearer
Since 2008 millions of Americans have seen theirsavings wiped out as the value of 401(k)s and home
equity have plummeted Meanwhile Social Security
continues to prove reliable
That is why our Social Security system is now more
important than ever In a world of risky investment
schemes and unpredictable markets Social Security
is a fortress of security and reliability In this uncertain
world where no one is invulnerable to the tragedy
of premature death or serious and permanent
disability Social Security is there to cushion the
economic blow of such tragedies Today 56 million
Americans receive benefits each monthmdashretired and
disabled workers their families and surviving family
members3 Its benefits to Delaware residents and all
Americans are very modest but vital the average
national benefit was $12982 a year in 20104 These
benefits are the building block of the retirement
income security for middle class Americans In 2010
two out of three households aged 65 and over relied
on Social Security for half or more of their incomeand over 1 out of 3 relied on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their income5 The program
lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty in 2008
including one million children6
Social Security can pay all benefits in full and on
time for the next twenty years After that if Congress
were not to act it could still pay more than 75 cents
on every dollar of earned benefits7 The shortfall is
equivalent to 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which is roughly the amount of revenues that
would be lost to the federal budget from extending
the George W Bush-era tax cuts benefitting the
richest 2 percent of American householdsmdashthose
with taxable income above $250000 a year8
All we need to maintain our Social Security system
is a simple adjustment have everyone including
millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate
as ordinary Americans While the vast majority of
Americans must make payroll tax contributions onall of their wages millionaires and billionaires only do
so on the first $110100 of their earnings this year
Asking all Americans to pay the same rate would
come very close to closing Social Securityrsquos entire
projected 75-year funding gap
While the federal budget has run a deficit in every
year but five over the last half century Social
Security is not allowed to pay benefits unless it has
the funds to cover every penny of the cost and is
not allowed to borrow any shortfall9 That means that
Social Security does not and by law cannot add a
penny to the federal deficit or debt (which is simply
the accumulation of annual deficits)10 Maintaining
our Social Security system has nothing to do with
reducing the federal budget deficit and therefore
should be off the table in deficit talks It should not
be part of any deficit reduction legislation considered
by our nationrsquos leaders
Social Security Works for DelawarersquosResidents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 people
in 2010 1 out of 5 residents (192 percent)11
bull Delaware residents received Social Security
benefits totaling $24 billion in 2010 an amount
equivalent to 37 percent of the statersquos annual
GDP (the total value of all goods and services
produced)12
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bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
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The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 14
ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSLike our Social Security Medicare and Medicaid this report is the product of the foresight and hard work of many people Social SecurityWorks partnered closely with the Alliance for Retired Americans who are coordinating the release of this report in Delaware
We are grateful to the following people for writing designing and producing this report Daniel Marans Policy Director of Social SecurityWorks (SSW) is the principal author and lead researcher whose commitment to excellence along with that of Alex Lawson SSWrsquosExecutive Director drove the project to its successful conclusion Michael Phelan SSWrsquos Deputy Director managed the actual productionof the report We would like to thank Don Owens and Lacy Crawford respectively SSWrsquos Communications Director and Communications Associate for assembling sometimes writing and editing the personal stories included in all 50 state reports Dana Bell and MollyChecksfield SSWrsquos Legislative and Policy Associates played a crucial role in the reportsrsquo completion performing a significant amount ofthe initial research drafting the appendices and editing and verifying the data in the report Tom Arnold-Forster National Academy of SocialInsurance Summer Policy Fellow proofread the data
Very importantly we want to acknowledge our appreciation to Maureen Sullivan for generously sharing her story and views about theimportance of Social Security in her life The Center for Economic Policy and Research provided the invaluable analysis and graphshowing the causes of the recent run-up in federal deficits We would also like to acknowledge the staff of the Kaiser Family Foundationfor their assistance in finding and understanding the Medicare and Medicaid data in the report especially Research Associates LindsayDonaldson and Jessica Stephens Graphic design was provided by Deepika Mehta
This report also benefited from the work and commitment of several persons who assisted with a previous series of reports Arloc ShermanSenior Researcher and Paul N Van de Water Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities generously provided advice andaccess to poverty data analyzed by the Center Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration with the help ofVirginia Reno Vice President for Income Security at the National Academy of Social Insurance graciously provided data on the value ofSocial Securityrsquos survivors and disability insurance
The data presented in this report speaks volumes about the importance of Social Security to families communities and state and localeconomies We hope the report is useful to you as you work to strengthen Social Security in this 77th anniversary year Please contact theSocial Security Works Communications Director Don Owens if you have questions about this report dowenssocialsecurity-worksorg
Nancy Altman and Eric KingsonFounding Co-directors Social Security WorksCo-chairs Strengthen Social Security Coalition
The Alliance for Retired Americans is a grassroots organization representing more than 4 million retirees and seniorsnationwide Headquartered in Washington DC the Alliancersquos mission is to advance public policy that protects the
health and economic security of older Americans by teaching seniors how to make a difference through activismLearn more about The Alliance and its work at wwwretiredamericansorg
The mission of Social Security Works is to protect and improve the economic status of all Americas especiallydisadvantaged and at-risk populations and in so doing to promote social justice for current and future generationsof children as well as young middle-aged and older adults wwwsocialsecurity-worksorg
The Strengthen Social Security Coalition is made up of more than 320 national organizations and many stateorganizations representing more than 50 million Americans The Coalition is united around core principles whichinclude that Social Security benefits should not be cut and instead should be increased for those who are mostdisadvantaged and the belief that our nationrsquos Social Security Medicare and Medicaid systems are fundamental tothe well-being of Americarsquos families and to the type of nation we are wwwstrengthensocialsecurityorg
Our Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for America series of 50 state reports includes much information that public officials members
of the press and advocates will find useful In addition to providing information about the programsrsquo history character and vitality as well as
compelling real-life stories each report includes statistics about the number of people who receive benefits the types of benefits they receive
and the total amount of funds flowing from these programs into every state its congressional districts and counties
Please note that a one-page fact sheet summarizing the data in this report can be found at the end of the report directly following the endnotes
For congressional district-level Social Security data please see ldquoAppendix 1 Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Congressional Districtsrdquo toward
the back of the report just before the end notes
For county-level Social Security Medicare Medicaid and demographic data please see ldquoAppendix 2 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid
Data for Delawarersquos Countiesrdquo toward the back of the report just before the end notes
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 1
In 1935 when President Franklin D Roosevelt
signed the Social Security Act into law he called
it a cornerstone the foundation of a structure tobe maintained and built upon by and for future
generations Social Security could not protect all
Americans against every risk but as the President
said it could lessen the consequences of lost
earnings in old age for workers and their families
Since then we have built our Social Security
structure carefully and deliberately In 1939 we
added Survivors Insurance benefits for widows
and dependent children eventually extending it
to widowers as well Disability Insurance benefits
were added in 1956 followed by Medicare and
Medicaid in 1965 The automatic cost-of-living
adjustment (COLA) was added in 1972 designed
to maintain the purchasing power of benefits
no matter how long someone lives We built
maintained and strengthened these institutions for
a reason to enable working men and women to
protect themselves and their families We built thembecause we as a nation value hard work personal
responsibility and human dignity we care for our
parents our children our spouses our neighbors
and ourselves
This report reveals the success of these institutions
for Delaware and the nation The numbers tell part
of the story how many people receive benefits
in Delaware in its congressional district and
its counties how many dollars flow into these
jurisdictions in a year the types of benefits and the
types of people who receive benefits Perhaps more
importantly the report presents the stories of hard-
working Delawarians and their families whose lives
are immeasurably better because of the protections
they have earned
du d SuMMy
FIGRE 11
Socia Secrit Meicare an Meicairsquos mpact on the conom an Popation o deaware
PROGRAMBENEFICIARIES IN
DELAWAREPERCENT OF RESIDENTS
RECEIVING BENEFITS AVERAGE BENEFIT TOTAL ANNAL BENEFITS2
Social Security 172441 192 percent $13889 $24 billion
Medicare 143813 162 percent $10512 $15 billion
Medicaid 207243 234 percent $5847 $12 billion
Sources Social Security Administration 2011 S Census Bureau Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 Economic Policy Institute 2011
ldquoWe can never insure one-hundred percent of the population against one-hundred percent of the hazards
and vicissitudes of life But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to theaverage citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age This law toorepresents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete It is a structureintended to lessen the force of possible future depressions It will act as a protection to future Administrationsagainst the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy The law will flatten out the peaksand valleys of deflation and of inflation It is in short a law that will take care of human needs and at thesame time provide for the nited States an economic structure of vastly greater soundnessrdquo
mdashFranklin D Roosevelt August 14 1935
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 2
As you read through this report think of the people
you know Family members who live in dignity in old
age because they can count on a monthly Social
Security check that they or another family member
have earned Think of that older person who has
Medicare and with it the peace of mind that he or
she can receive medical care without becoming
bankrupt Think of a family you know who is able
to care for a functionally disabled child at home
because Medicaid is there Think of a grandparent a
parent an older aunt uncle cousin or family friend
whose life savings may have been lost paying for
nursing home care but who is still able to receive
that care because of Medicaid
Think too of how these institutions like the nationrsquos
highway system are part of a rich legacy by those
who came before a legacy that keeps workingin good times and bad Throughout the past few
difficult years Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid have been even more vital than before for
Delaware residents and the lifeblood of many small
businesses hospitals and nursing homes and home
caregivers Virtually all of the jobs our Social Security
Medicare and Medicaid systems support stay in
America
As important as these programsrsquo protections are
today the need for Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid programs will only increase in coming
years The population of persons aged 65 and
over is growing Income growth is slow for most of
todayrsquos workers Jobs are less secure and many
workers have sustained substantial losses of home
equity and other savings Furthermore employers
who historically have offered supplements to Social
Security are increasingly terminating traditional
pension plans and either not replacing them or
replacing them with far more risky and inadequate
401(k) savings accounts
Cutting these programs would threaten our familiesrsquo
economic security and health and deepen our jobs
crisis Indeed the nation should be thinking about
expanding not cutting these programs and the
protections they provide They like our highways
are so fundamental to our family and community life
and in an increasingly uncertain environment evermore important to middle-aged and young workers
and those who will follow We are much wealthier as
a nation than we were in 1935 1939 1956 1965
or 1972 when these structures were begun and
improved Now it is our turn to maintain and build
upon that structure as those who came before have
done It is our turn to preserve and improve these
valuable systems for ourselves and for those who
follow It is our turn to build a legacy for our nationrsquos
children and grandchildren so when they become
workers they will have the economic security that
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid provide
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We built our Social Security system because it is
the most efficient secure universal and fair way for
Americans to replace wages in the event of death
disability or old age For over 75 years even as our
nation has endured wars political crises and severe
economic recessions Social Security has never
missed a payment it has paid every dollar of earned
benefits on time and in full
In the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the
Great Depression the risks of investing money on
Wall Street or in real estate have never been clearer
Since 2008 millions of Americans have seen theirsavings wiped out as the value of 401(k)s and home
equity have plummeted Meanwhile Social Security
continues to prove reliable
That is why our Social Security system is now more
important than ever In a world of risky investment
schemes and unpredictable markets Social Security
is a fortress of security and reliability In this uncertain
world where no one is invulnerable to the tragedy
of premature death or serious and permanent
disability Social Security is there to cushion the
economic blow of such tragedies Today 56 million
Americans receive benefits each monthmdashretired and
disabled workers their families and surviving family
members3 Its benefits to Delaware residents and all
Americans are very modest but vital the average
national benefit was $12982 a year in 20104 These
benefits are the building block of the retirement
income security for middle class Americans In 2010
two out of three households aged 65 and over relied
on Social Security for half or more of their incomeand over 1 out of 3 relied on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their income5 The program
lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty in 2008
including one million children6
Social Security can pay all benefits in full and on
time for the next twenty years After that if Congress
were not to act it could still pay more than 75 cents
on every dollar of earned benefits7 The shortfall is
equivalent to 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which is roughly the amount of revenues that
would be lost to the federal budget from extending
the George W Bush-era tax cuts benefitting the
richest 2 percent of American householdsmdashthose
with taxable income above $250000 a year8
All we need to maintain our Social Security system
is a simple adjustment have everyone including
millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate
as ordinary Americans While the vast majority of
Americans must make payroll tax contributions onall of their wages millionaires and billionaires only do
so on the first $110100 of their earnings this year
Asking all Americans to pay the same rate would
come very close to closing Social Securityrsquos entire
projected 75-year funding gap
While the federal budget has run a deficit in every
year but five over the last half century Social
Security is not allowed to pay benefits unless it has
the funds to cover every penny of the cost and is
not allowed to borrow any shortfall9 That means that
Social Security does not and by law cannot add a
penny to the federal deficit or debt (which is simply
the accumulation of annual deficits)10 Maintaining
our Social Security system has nothing to do with
reducing the federal budget deficit and therefore
should be off the table in deficit talks It should not
be part of any deficit reduction legislation considered
by our nationrsquos leaders
Social Security Works for DelawarersquosResidents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 people
in 2010 1 out of 5 residents (192 percent)11
bull Delaware residents received Social Security
benefits totaling $24 billion in 2010 an amount
equivalent to 37 percent of the statersquos annual
GDP (the total value of all goods and services
produced)12
Sl Suy WkS
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bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 18
45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 1
In 1935 when President Franklin D Roosevelt
signed the Social Security Act into law he called
it a cornerstone the foundation of a structure tobe maintained and built upon by and for future
generations Social Security could not protect all
Americans against every risk but as the President
said it could lessen the consequences of lost
earnings in old age for workers and their families
Since then we have built our Social Security
structure carefully and deliberately In 1939 we
added Survivors Insurance benefits for widows
and dependent children eventually extending it
to widowers as well Disability Insurance benefits
were added in 1956 followed by Medicare and
Medicaid in 1965 The automatic cost-of-living
adjustment (COLA) was added in 1972 designed
to maintain the purchasing power of benefits
no matter how long someone lives We built
maintained and strengthened these institutions for
a reason to enable working men and women to
protect themselves and their families We built thembecause we as a nation value hard work personal
responsibility and human dignity we care for our
parents our children our spouses our neighbors
and ourselves
This report reveals the success of these institutions
for Delaware and the nation The numbers tell part
of the story how many people receive benefits
in Delaware in its congressional district and
its counties how many dollars flow into these
jurisdictions in a year the types of benefits and the
types of people who receive benefits Perhaps more
importantly the report presents the stories of hard-
working Delawarians and their families whose lives
are immeasurably better because of the protections
they have earned
du d SuMMy
FIGRE 11
Socia Secrit Meicare an Meicairsquos mpact on the conom an Popation o deaware
PROGRAMBENEFICIARIES IN
DELAWAREPERCENT OF RESIDENTS
RECEIVING BENEFITS AVERAGE BENEFIT TOTAL ANNAL BENEFITS2
Social Security 172441 192 percent $13889 $24 billion
Medicare 143813 162 percent $10512 $15 billion
Medicaid 207243 234 percent $5847 $12 billion
Sources Social Security Administration 2011 S Census Bureau Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 Economic Policy Institute 2011
ldquoWe can never insure one-hundred percent of the population against one-hundred percent of the hazards
and vicissitudes of life But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to theaverage citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age This law toorepresents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means complete It is a structureintended to lessen the force of possible future depressions It will act as a protection to future Administrationsagainst the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy The law will flatten out the peaksand valleys of deflation and of inflation It is in short a law that will take care of human needs and at thesame time provide for the nited States an economic structure of vastly greater soundnessrdquo
mdashFranklin D Roosevelt August 14 1935
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 2
As you read through this report think of the people
you know Family members who live in dignity in old
age because they can count on a monthly Social
Security check that they or another family member
have earned Think of that older person who has
Medicare and with it the peace of mind that he or
she can receive medical care without becoming
bankrupt Think of a family you know who is able
to care for a functionally disabled child at home
because Medicaid is there Think of a grandparent a
parent an older aunt uncle cousin or family friend
whose life savings may have been lost paying for
nursing home care but who is still able to receive
that care because of Medicaid
Think too of how these institutions like the nationrsquos
highway system are part of a rich legacy by those
who came before a legacy that keeps workingin good times and bad Throughout the past few
difficult years Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid have been even more vital than before for
Delaware residents and the lifeblood of many small
businesses hospitals and nursing homes and home
caregivers Virtually all of the jobs our Social Security
Medicare and Medicaid systems support stay in
America
As important as these programsrsquo protections are
today the need for Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid programs will only increase in coming
years The population of persons aged 65 and
over is growing Income growth is slow for most of
todayrsquos workers Jobs are less secure and many
workers have sustained substantial losses of home
equity and other savings Furthermore employers
who historically have offered supplements to Social
Security are increasingly terminating traditional
pension plans and either not replacing them or
replacing them with far more risky and inadequate
401(k) savings accounts
Cutting these programs would threaten our familiesrsquo
economic security and health and deepen our jobs
crisis Indeed the nation should be thinking about
expanding not cutting these programs and the
protections they provide They like our highways
are so fundamental to our family and community life
and in an increasingly uncertain environment evermore important to middle-aged and young workers
and those who will follow We are much wealthier as
a nation than we were in 1935 1939 1956 1965
or 1972 when these structures were begun and
improved Now it is our turn to maintain and build
upon that structure as those who came before have
done It is our turn to preserve and improve these
valuable systems for ourselves and for those who
follow It is our turn to build a legacy for our nationrsquos
children and grandchildren so when they become
workers they will have the economic security that
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid provide
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 3
We built our Social Security system because it is
the most efficient secure universal and fair way for
Americans to replace wages in the event of death
disability or old age For over 75 years even as our
nation has endured wars political crises and severe
economic recessions Social Security has never
missed a payment it has paid every dollar of earned
benefits on time and in full
In the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the
Great Depression the risks of investing money on
Wall Street or in real estate have never been clearer
Since 2008 millions of Americans have seen theirsavings wiped out as the value of 401(k)s and home
equity have plummeted Meanwhile Social Security
continues to prove reliable
That is why our Social Security system is now more
important than ever In a world of risky investment
schemes and unpredictable markets Social Security
is a fortress of security and reliability In this uncertain
world where no one is invulnerable to the tragedy
of premature death or serious and permanent
disability Social Security is there to cushion the
economic blow of such tragedies Today 56 million
Americans receive benefits each monthmdashretired and
disabled workers their families and surviving family
members3 Its benefits to Delaware residents and all
Americans are very modest but vital the average
national benefit was $12982 a year in 20104 These
benefits are the building block of the retirement
income security for middle class Americans In 2010
two out of three households aged 65 and over relied
on Social Security for half or more of their incomeand over 1 out of 3 relied on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their income5 The program
lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty in 2008
including one million children6
Social Security can pay all benefits in full and on
time for the next twenty years After that if Congress
were not to act it could still pay more than 75 cents
on every dollar of earned benefits7 The shortfall is
equivalent to 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which is roughly the amount of revenues that
would be lost to the federal budget from extending
the George W Bush-era tax cuts benefitting the
richest 2 percent of American householdsmdashthose
with taxable income above $250000 a year8
All we need to maintain our Social Security system
is a simple adjustment have everyone including
millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate
as ordinary Americans While the vast majority of
Americans must make payroll tax contributions onall of their wages millionaires and billionaires only do
so on the first $110100 of their earnings this year
Asking all Americans to pay the same rate would
come very close to closing Social Securityrsquos entire
projected 75-year funding gap
While the federal budget has run a deficit in every
year but five over the last half century Social
Security is not allowed to pay benefits unless it has
the funds to cover every penny of the cost and is
not allowed to borrow any shortfall9 That means that
Social Security does not and by law cannot add a
penny to the federal deficit or debt (which is simply
the accumulation of annual deficits)10 Maintaining
our Social Security system has nothing to do with
reducing the federal budget deficit and therefore
should be off the table in deficit talks It should not
be part of any deficit reduction legislation considered
by our nationrsquos leaders
Social Security Works for DelawarersquosResidents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 people
in 2010 1 out of 5 residents (192 percent)11
bull Delaware residents received Social Security
benefits totaling $24 billion in 2010 an amount
equivalent to 37 percent of the statersquos annual
GDP (the total value of all goods and services
produced)12
Sl Suy WkS
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 4
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 7
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 14
ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 2
As you read through this report think of the people
you know Family members who live in dignity in old
age because they can count on a monthly Social
Security check that they or another family member
have earned Think of that older person who has
Medicare and with it the peace of mind that he or
she can receive medical care without becoming
bankrupt Think of a family you know who is able
to care for a functionally disabled child at home
because Medicaid is there Think of a grandparent a
parent an older aunt uncle cousin or family friend
whose life savings may have been lost paying for
nursing home care but who is still able to receive
that care because of Medicaid
Think too of how these institutions like the nationrsquos
highway system are part of a rich legacy by those
who came before a legacy that keeps workingin good times and bad Throughout the past few
difficult years Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid have been even more vital than before for
Delaware residents and the lifeblood of many small
businesses hospitals and nursing homes and home
caregivers Virtually all of the jobs our Social Security
Medicare and Medicaid systems support stay in
America
As important as these programsrsquo protections are
today the need for Social Security Medicare and
Medicaid programs will only increase in coming
years The population of persons aged 65 and
over is growing Income growth is slow for most of
todayrsquos workers Jobs are less secure and many
workers have sustained substantial losses of home
equity and other savings Furthermore employers
who historically have offered supplements to Social
Security are increasingly terminating traditional
pension plans and either not replacing them or
replacing them with far more risky and inadequate
401(k) savings accounts
Cutting these programs would threaten our familiesrsquo
economic security and health and deepen our jobs
crisis Indeed the nation should be thinking about
expanding not cutting these programs and the
protections they provide They like our highways
are so fundamental to our family and community life
and in an increasingly uncertain environment evermore important to middle-aged and young workers
and those who will follow We are much wealthier as
a nation than we were in 1935 1939 1956 1965
or 1972 when these structures were begun and
improved Now it is our turn to maintain and build
upon that structure as those who came before have
done It is our turn to preserve and improve these
valuable systems for ourselves and for those who
follow It is our turn to build a legacy for our nationrsquos
children and grandchildren so when they become
workers they will have the economic security that
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid provide
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We built our Social Security system because it is
the most efficient secure universal and fair way for
Americans to replace wages in the event of death
disability or old age For over 75 years even as our
nation has endured wars political crises and severe
economic recessions Social Security has never
missed a payment it has paid every dollar of earned
benefits on time and in full
In the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the
Great Depression the risks of investing money on
Wall Street or in real estate have never been clearer
Since 2008 millions of Americans have seen theirsavings wiped out as the value of 401(k)s and home
equity have plummeted Meanwhile Social Security
continues to prove reliable
That is why our Social Security system is now more
important than ever In a world of risky investment
schemes and unpredictable markets Social Security
is a fortress of security and reliability In this uncertain
world where no one is invulnerable to the tragedy
of premature death or serious and permanent
disability Social Security is there to cushion the
economic blow of such tragedies Today 56 million
Americans receive benefits each monthmdashretired and
disabled workers their families and surviving family
members3 Its benefits to Delaware residents and all
Americans are very modest but vital the average
national benefit was $12982 a year in 20104 These
benefits are the building block of the retirement
income security for middle class Americans In 2010
two out of three households aged 65 and over relied
on Social Security for half or more of their incomeand over 1 out of 3 relied on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their income5 The program
lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty in 2008
including one million children6
Social Security can pay all benefits in full and on
time for the next twenty years After that if Congress
were not to act it could still pay more than 75 cents
on every dollar of earned benefits7 The shortfall is
equivalent to 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which is roughly the amount of revenues that
would be lost to the federal budget from extending
the George W Bush-era tax cuts benefitting the
richest 2 percent of American householdsmdashthose
with taxable income above $250000 a year8
All we need to maintain our Social Security system
is a simple adjustment have everyone including
millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate
as ordinary Americans While the vast majority of
Americans must make payroll tax contributions onall of their wages millionaires and billionaires only do
so on the first $110100 of their earnings this year
Asking all Americans to pay the same rate would
come very close to closing Social Securityrsquos entire
projected 75-year funding gap
While the federal budget has run a deficit in every
year but five over the last half century Social
Security is not allowed to pay benefits unless it has
the funds to cover every penny of the cost and is
not allowed to borrow any shortfall9 That means that
Social Security does not and by law cannot add a
penny to the federal deficit or debt (which is simply
the accumulation of annual deficits)10 Maintaining
our Social Security system has nothing to do with
reducing the federal budget deficit and therefore
should be off the table in deficit talks It should not
be part of any deficit reduction legislation considered
by our nationrsquos leaders
Social Security Works for DelawarersquosResidents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 people
in 2010 1 out of 5 residents (192 percent)11
bull Delaware residents received Social Security
benefits totaling $24 billion in 2010 an amount
equivalent to 37 percent of the statersquos annual
GDP (the total value of all goods and services
produced)12
Sl Suy WkS
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bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 3
We built our Social Security system because it is
the most efficient secure universal and fair way for
Americans to replace wages in the event of death
disability or old age For over 75 years even as our
nation has endured wars political crises and severe
economic recessions Social Security has never
missed a payment it has paid every dollar of earned
benefits on time and in full
In the wake of the greatest financial crisis since the
Great Depression the risks of investing money on
Wall Street or in real estate have never been clearer
Since 2008 millions of Americans have seen theirsavings wiped out as the value of 401(k)s and home
equity have plummeted Meanwhile Social Security
continues to prove reliable
That is why our Social Security system is now more
important than ever In a world of risky investment
schemes and unpredictable markets Social Security
is a fortress of security and reliability In this uncertain
world where no one is invulnerable to the tragedy
of premature death or serious and permanent
disability Social Security is there to cushion the
economic blow of such tragedies Today 56 million
Americans receive benefits each monthmdashretired and
disabled workers their families and surviving family
members3 Its benefits to Delaware residents and all
Americans are very modest but vital the average
national benefit was $12982 a year in 20104 These
benefits are the building block of the retirement
income security for middle class Americans In 2010
two out of three households aged 65 and over relied
on Social Security for half or more of their incomeand over 1 out of 3 relied on Social Security for
90 percent or more of their income5 The program
lifted 20 million Americans out of poverty in 2008
including one million children6
Social Security can pay all benefits in full and on
time for the next twenty years After that if Congress
were not to act it could still pay more than 75 cents
on every dollar of earned benefits7 The shortfall is
equivalent to 1 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) which is roughly the amount of revenues that
would be lost to the federal budget from extending
the George W Bush-era tax cuts benefitting the
richest 2 percent of American householdsmdashthose
with taxable income above $250000 a year8
All we need to maintain our Social Security system
is a simple adjustment have everyone including
millionaires and billionaires pay the same rate
as ordinary Americans While the vast majority of
Americans must make payroll tax contributions onall of their wages millionaires and billionaires only do
so on the first $110100 of their earnings this year
Asking all Americans to pay the same rate would
come very close to closing Social Securityrsquos entire
projected 75-year funding gap
While the federal budget has run a deficit in every
year but five over the last half century Social
Security is not allowed to pay benefits unless it has
the funds to cover every penny of the cost and is
not allowed to borrow any shortfall9 That means that
Social Security does not and by law cannot add a
penny to the federal deficit or debt (which is simply
the accumulation of annual deficits)10 Maintaining
our Social Security system has nothing to do with
reducing the federal budget deficit and therefore
should be off the table in deficit talks It should not
be part of any deficit reduction legislation considered
by our nationrsquos leaders
Social Security Works for DelawarersquosResidents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 people
in 2010 1 out of 5 residents (192 percent)11
bull Delaware residents received Social Security
benefits totaling $24 billion in 2010 an amount
equivalent to 37 percent of the statersquos annual
GDP (the total value of all goods and services
produced)12
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bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was
$1388913
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents
out of poverty in 200814
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Seniors15
bull Social Security provided benefits to 115978
retired workers in 2010 two-thirds (673 percent)
of beneficiaries16 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a retired worker in
Delaware was $15061 in 201017
bull Social Security provided benefits to 12135
widow(er)s in 2010 1 out of 14 (7 percent) of allbeneficiaries18 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 39000
Delaware residents aged 65 and older in 200819
bull Without Social Security the elderly poverty rate
in Delaware would have increased from 1 out of
15 (66 percent) to 4 out of 10 (403 percent)20
[Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597
Delaware women in 2010 1 out of 5 women (194
percent)21
bull Social Security provided benefits to 5833
spouses in 2010 1 out of 30 (34 percent) of all
beneficiaries22 [Figure 3]
bull Social Security lifted out of poverty 23000
Delaware women aged 65 and older in 200823
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of
elderly women would have increased from 1 out
of 13 (79 percent) to more than 4 out of 10 (437
percent)24 [Figure 2]
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Workers with Disabilities25
bull Social Security provided disability benefits for
25925 workers in 2010 1 out of 6 (15 percent) of
all beneficiaries26 [Figure 3]
bull The typical benefit received by a disabled worker
beneficiary in Delaware was $12580 in 201027
FIGRE 2
Povert ate or Beneiciaries65 an er With an WithotSocia Secrit 2006ndash2008
Source Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities
65+ Women 65+
nPoverty rate without Social Security
nPoverty rate with Social Security
403437
66 79
FIGRE 3
deawarersquos Socia Secrit Beneiciaries2010
Source Social Security Administration 2012
673Retired Workers
73Children
15DisabledWorkers
34 Spouses
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
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Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 14
ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 7
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 7
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 8
We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Works for Delawarersquos
Working Families
bull Through their hard work and payroll tax
contributions nearly all Delaware workers
earn Social Securityrsquos retirement disability and
survivorship protections for themselves and their
familiesbull Social Security is the most valuable disability
and life insurance protection for most Delaware
workers Nationwide an estimated 3 out of 10
working‐aged men and 1 out of 4 working‐aged
women will become severely disabled before
reaching retirement age An estimated 1 out of 11
working‐aged men and 1 out of 20 working‐aged
women will die before reaching retirement age44
bull A 30-year-old worker who earns about $30000
and who has a spouse and two young children
receives Social Security insurance protection
equivalent to private disability and life insurance
policies worth $465000 and $476000
respectively45
Social Security is a commitment made to all
Americans that has withstood the test of time It
represents the best of American valuesmdashrewarding
hard work honoring our parents caring for our
neighbors and taking responsibility for ourselves
and our families Social Security is based on a
promise that if you pay in then you earn the right to
guaranteed benefits
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We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 8
We built our Medicare system because it is by far the
best way to provide Americarsquos seniors and people
with disabilities with affordable health care they can
count on For nearly half a century Medicare has
given seniors and people with disabilities access to
critical health care It protects beneficiaries and their
families against health-related expenditures that
might otherwise overwhelm their financesmdashor worse
force them to forego medical treatment needed to
survive
Private health insurance companies which must
generate returns for their shareholders were notmdashand are notmdashwilling or able to insure seniors and
people with disabilities at affordable rates That is
because seniors and people with disabilities have
greater medical needs and thus are more costly than
the young and healthy Prior to Medicare only about
half of seniors had health insurance Those who were
insured paid nearly three times as much as younger
people even though they had on average only half
as much income46
Without Medicare many people would not be able to
afford basic medical services Medicare beneficiaries
are mainly people of modest means Half had
incomes below $22000 a year in 201047 Already
more than one-quarter of many beneficiariesrsquo Social
Security benefit is eaten up by out-of-pocket health
care costs48
Medicare worksmdashfor seniors and people with
disabilities as well as people with end-stage renal
disease (ESRD) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease) The program
provides significant hospital physician medical
testing pharmaceutical rehabilitation medical
equipment and other important services to seniors
people with disabilities and people with ESRD and
ALS49 Medicare provided health care coverage to487 million Americans in 2011 of whom over 8 out
of 10 (404 million) were aged 65 or older and 1 out
of 6 (83 million) were severely disabled workers50
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary in
2011 was $1204251
Medicare consists of four parts each of which
provides different medical benefits Medicare Part A
the Hospital Insurance (HI) program covers in-patient
hospital as well as select kinds of skilled nursing
facility services home health and hospice care HI
is earned during onersquos working years and paid for
by insurance contributions of 29 percent of wages
divided equally between employers and employees52
Medicare Part B the Supplemental Medical
Insurance (SMI) program helps pay for physician
and preventive care services SMI is a voluntary
program funded by premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue53
(Medicaid covers the premium
Md WkS
Starting in 2013 the Affordable Care Act levies an ldquoadditional 09percentage point Hospital Insurance tax on earned income for householdswith incomes exceeding $200000 for singles and $250000 for marriedcouples filing jointly In addition it would add a 38 percent nearnedIncome Medicare Contribution for such high-income households tounearned income including interest dividends annuities royalties andrents (excluding income from active participation in S corporations)rdquoWhite House ldquoTitle IX Revenue Provisionsrdquo Health Reform Details 2012httpwwwwhitehousegovhealth-care-meetingproposaltitleix
targeted-healthcare-tax
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and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 9
and out-of-pocket costs for those low-income
beneficiaries who are enrolled in Medicaid)
Medicare Part C also known as the Medicare
Advantage program allows beneficiaries to enroll
in a private insurance plan in lieu of Medicare Parts
A and B These private plans receive payments
from Medicare to cover physician and hospital
service and in most cases prescription drug
benefits Medicare Advantage Plans cost more for
the same services as provided under Parts A and
B54 According to the White House ldquoMedicare pays
Medicare Advantage insurance companies over
$1000 more per person on average than traditional
Medicarerdquo55 These extra costs result not only in
higher government outlays but also higher Part B
premiums for those enrolled in traditional Medicare
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)of 2010 includes provisions which seek to make the
costs of Part C closer to those of Part A and Part
B56 About 115 million Medicare beneficiaries were
enrolled in Medicare Advantage as of April 2010mdash
one-quarter (245 percent) of all beneficiaries57
Medicare Part D the prescription drug benefit
covers most outpatient prescription drugs Part D
benefits are provided by private plans that contract
with Medicare and are purchased voluntarily by
Medicare beneficiaries They exist independently
or as part of a Medicare Advantage plan Part D is
funded by beneficiary premiums generally deducted
from beneficiariesrsquo Social Security checks and from
general revenue In addition states are required to
pay premiums for low-income beneficiaries who are
enrolled in Part D programs 276 million beneficiaries
were enrolled in a Part D plan in 2010mdash4 out of 10
(417 percent) of all beneficiaries58
As health care costs skyrocket our Medicare system
is more critical than ever Medicare does a better
job of controlling health care costs than private
health insurance plans While Medicarersquos costs
per person increased by about 47 percent a year
from 1999 to 2009 the costs of similar benefitsunder private insurance rose 69 percentmdashnearly
50 percent more59 [Figure 4] Medicarersquos superior
cost-control record is no coincidence it is a function
of Medicarersquos concentrated purchasing power As
Professor Jacob Hacker of Yale niversity notes
Medicare is ldquocapable of using its concentrated
purchasing power to pioneer new payment methods
that bring down costsrdquo Hacker cites Medicarersquos
implementation of a ldquoprospective payment systemrdquo
and a ldquoresource-based physician fee schedulerdquo in
1983 and ldquovolume controlsrdquo on Medicare physician
spending in the 1990s as examples of Medicarersquos
success in pioneering payment methods that
reduced underlying health care costs60
Even though the traditional Medicare program Parts
A and B covers people who on average have more
health care claims and more expensive medical
conditions than private insurance its administrative
costs are lower than those of private health
insurance plans Medicarersquos administrative costswere less than 2 percent of its total expenditures
in 201161 Private health insurancersquos administrative
FIGRE 4
verage nna ncrease in Speningon ommon Beneits 1999ndash2009
Source Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services 2010
Medicare Private Health Insurance
47
69
Common benefits refers to benefits commonly covered by
Medicare and private health insurance
As of January 1 2011 the Affordable Care Act ensures that seniors whoreach the prescription drug coverage gap known commonly as the ldquodonutholerdquo will receive discounts on brand-name and generic prescription drugscovered by Medicare Part D that increase gradually until the coverage gapis completely closed in 2020 Medicaregov ldquoClosing the Coverage GapmdashMedicare Prescription Drugs Are Becoming More Affordablerdquo January2012 httpwwwmedicaregovpublicationspubspdf11493pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 10
costs which include additional costs such as
advertising retained profit to insurers and taxes
paid by insurers are generally much higher The
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that
in 2007 these administrative costs varied from about
7 percent for large employer plans with 1000 or
more covered employees to as much as 30 percent
for insurance sponsored by very small firms or
purchased by individuals62 CBO estimated that
while Medicare paid about $150 per person enrolled
large employer plans paid about $300 per person
enrolled and small employers and individuals paid
roughly $1000 per person enrolled on average63
The traditional Medicare Program Parts A amp B is
also administered more efficiently than Medicare
Advantage Part C which is provided by private
insurers who contract with Medicare An analysis by
CBO shows that administrative costs accounted forless than 2 percent of expenditures in the traditional
Medicare program compared to 11 percent in the
Medicare Advantage program in 200564
Maintaining our Medicare system is simple As health
care costs increase system-wide Medicarersquos costs
rise as well It is primarily as a result of system-wide
cost increases that Medicare has significant long-
term funding challenges The solution is to slow
the growth of health care costs for everyone as
other developed countries have donemdashnot to cut
Medicarersquos benefits Cutting Medicarersquos benefits
simply shifts costs to the sickest and oldest among
us forcing some seniors and people with disabilities
to forego treatment living shorter less healthymdashand
more medically costlymdashlives as a result
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in
2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in
the state65 The average expenditure per Medicarebeneficiary was $1051266
Medicare Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicare insured 143813 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 6 (162 percent) state residents67
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10 (836 percent) beneficiaries68
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos
People with Disabilities
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 6 (164 percent) beneficiaries69
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD)
bull End-stage-renal disease (ESRD) occurs whena personrsquos kidneys stop functioning at a level
needed for everyday life People suffering from
ESRD generally must undergo dialysis treatment
or receive a kidney transplant which are both
prohibitively expensive70
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents
with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
bull Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis more commonly
known as ALS or Lou Gehrigrsquos disease is a
nervous system disease that gradually shuts
down all muscles in a personrsquos body eventually
resulting in death from respiratory failure71 Many
Delaware residents with ALS would impoverish
themselves or their families without the help of
Medicare
Seniors and people with disabilities cannot be
economically secure if they are one illness away from
bankruptcy Medicare should be strengthened not
cut As private sector health insurance continues torise in cost Medicare is more important than ever
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We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 11
We built our Medicaid system to provide health care
for low-income families children seniors and people
with disabilities For nearly half a century Medicaid
has provided critical health coverage for low-income
Americans While Medicaid originally only insured
Americans receiving cash welfare assistance
Congress expanded it over the years to help insure
those left behind by the private insurance system It
is a lifeline for those who have nowhere else to go72
Medicaid insured 626 million Americans in 200973
Like Medicare it is an important source of funding
for rural hospitals and inner-city health care facilities
Medicaid is essential because private health
insurance is unaffordable for millions of Americans
Private health insurance costs have risen
dramatically in recent years Average annual
premiums for a family with employer-sponsored
health insurance rose to $15073 in 2011mdasha 9
percent increase from the previous year74
Medicaid is especially crucial to people in need of
community- and institutionally-based long-term care
services Medicare does not cover most long-term
care costs and private insurance plans that cover
long-term care are often prohibitively expensive As
a result many individuals exhaust their assets under
the weight of steep long-term care costs and have
nowhere to turn but Medicaid In short order long-
term care patients and their families can go from the
middle class to a life of poverty in which they need
assistance
Two-thirds of all Medicaid spending is for seniorsand people with disabilities75 One out of every four
seniors and people with disabilities depended on
Medicaid in 2010mdash16 million people That includes
154 percent of all seniors (63 million) and 446
percent of people with disabilities (98 million)76
Medicaid is also crucially important to children who
are about half of its beneficiaries nationwide77 More
than one in four of the nationrsquos children receive their
health insurance through Medicaid78
Maintaining our Medicaid system like our Medicare
system is simple As health care costs increase
system-wide Medicaidrsquos costs rise as well It is
primarily as a result of system-wide cost increases
that Medicaid has significant long-term funding
challenges The solution is to slow the growth of
health care costs for everyone as other developed
countries have donemdashnot to cut Medicaidrsquos benefits
Cuts in federal funding to Medicaid will shift costs to
states if they have the funds to pick up the shortfallor worse to individuals and families who can least
Mdd WkS
The Affordable Care Actrsquos expansion of Medicaid and Childrenrsquos HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) eligibility alone is projected to result in theenrollment of an additional 32 million Americans in Medicaid and CHIPby 2022 Congressional Budget Office ldquoTable 3 March 2012 Estimateof the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance CoveragerdquoUpdated Estimates for the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act March 2012 httpwwwcbogovsitesdefaultfiles cbofilesattachments03-13-Coverage20Estimatespdf
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afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 12
afford it More troubling still it may make life-saving
medical care inaccessible for those who need it
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Economy
bull Medicaid provided $12 billion in benefits in
2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in
the state79 The average expenditure per Medicaid
beneficiary was $584780
Medicaid Works for Delaware Residents
bull Medicaid insured 207243 Delawarians in 2009mdash
1 out of 4 (234 percent) state residents81
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Children
Medicaid insured 86673 children in 2009mdash4 out of
10 (42 percent) children in the state82
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniorsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash
1 out of 14 (69 percent) beneficiaries83
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos People
with Disabilities
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid
beneficiaries were people with disabilities in
2009mdash1 out of 8 (117 percent) beneficiaries84
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos
Long-Term Care Residents
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care
benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 That
includes
o $120 million in home health care services
(358 percent)
o $186 million to nursing home facilities
(555 percent)
o $1 million to mental health facilities
(04 percent)
o $28 million to intermediate care facilities for the
intellectually disabled (83 percent)85
bull Medicaid insured the vast majority of Delaware
residents who opt for nursing home care 2400
of Delawarersquos 4150 nursing home residents were
Medicaid beneficiaries in 2010mdashover half (578
percent) residents86 The average annual cost
of nursing home care for a semindashprivate room
in Delaware was $86900 in 201087 Given the
high cost of nursing home care many Delaware
residents would not be able to afford it without
Medicaid
Medicaid Works for Delaware During
Economic Recessions
Because Medicaid eligibility is contingent uponhaving low income the program expands to
accommodate those who have lost jobs or earnings
during a recession Nationwide between June 2008
and June 2009 the height of the Great Recession
monthly Medicaid enrollment rose by 33 million
That amounts to a 79 percent increase from the
average annual enrollment rate between 2000
and 2007 While there are several factors that fuel
Medicaid enrollment experts believe that job losses
and resulting losses of employer-based insurance
and declining income cause more people to qualify
for Medicaid88
As financially strapped states cut Medicaid the last
thing the nationrsquos seniors people with disabilities
and low-income children need is for the federal
government to cut the program at the national level
Like Social Security and Medicare this vital program
should be strengthened not cut
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 14
ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 14
ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
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ppenix 1 Socia Secrit Wors or deawarersquos ongressiona district
S
otal annual benets
($ in millions)$2398M
Number of residents in state
congressional district897934
Number of residents receiving
Social Security benets172441
Percent of residents receiving
Social Security benets 192
Women 89597
Retired workers 115978
Disabled workers 25925
Widow(er)s 12135
Spouses5833
Children12570
Sources S Census Bureau Prole of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010 2011SSA ldquoDelawarerdquo Congressional Statistics December 2010 2011SSA ldquoTable 5J51 Number by state or other area and sex December 2010rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011February 2012
The annual benets for the Congressional districts were calculated by taking the monthly benets and multiplying by12 The state annual benets number is the sum of the congressional district numbers and is not necessarily consistentwith state totals cited elsewhere in the report
S O C I A L S E C R I T Y B E N E F I C I A R I E S B Y C A T E G O R Y
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 18
45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
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45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2122
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2222
ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 16
Endnotes
1 Complete citations for the sources of the numbers included in Figure 1 can be found where the numbers appear elsewhere in the report All of thestatistical data used in Figure 1 as well as the rest of the report are the most current data available Some data were available in more recent years thanothers For sets of data partially available for one year and partially available for another the most recent common year was chosen As a result nearlyall numbers relating to Social Security date to 2010 nearly all numbers related to Medicare date to 2009 and nearly all numbers related to Medicaiddate to FY2009 When data from other years are used the report says so explicitly2 While Social Security and Medicare benefits are funded entirely by the federal government Medicaid is partially funded by state governments andsometimes local governments
3 There were 56 million beneficiaries nationwide as of May 2012 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Social Security data referenced in thisreport date to 2010 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Social Security beneficiaries in individual states dating to2010 will not add up to this figure Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 2 Social Security Benefits May 2012rdquo Monthly Statistical Snapshot
May 2012 June 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsquickfactsstat_snapshottable2 4 Average annual benefit amounts calculated by dividing total annual benefits by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdash
Estimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Annual Statistical Supplement 2011 [herein Ann Stat Supp] February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 Total beneficiaries from SSAldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagov
policydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1
5 Households refers to ldquoaged unitsrdquo which are married couples living together of whom at least one is aged 65 or older or unmarried persons aged65 or older SSA Table 9A1 Income of the Population 55 or Older 2010 August 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompsincome_
pop552010sect09htmltable9a1
6 Center on Budget amp Policy Priorities (CBPP) ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-10socsecpdf
7 Social Security Trustees 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf 8 CBPP ldquoWhat the 2012 Trustees Report Shows About Social Securityrdquo Figure 1 May 10 2012 httpwwwcbpporgcmsindex
cfmfa=viewampid=3774
9 White House Office of Management and Budget Table 11 Summary of Receipts Outlays and Surpluses or Deficits 1789-2017 2012 httpwww
whitehousegovombbudgetHistoricals
10 Social Security does not contribute to the deficit because benefits can only be paid from revenue collected by the Social Security trust fundsmdashtheOld-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund and Disability Insurance (DI) trust fundmdashwhich are completely separate from the general budgetSocial Security Trustees Table IIB1 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 6 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf In 2010and 2011 the General Fund transferred money to the Social Security trust funds in order to replace revenue lost due to a temporary two-percentage-point payroll tax reduction The payroll tax cut and the General Fund transfer that resulted was a temporary stimulus measure that will expire at the endof the year It never fundamentally changed Social Securityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure
The trust funds do not have borrowing authority and therefore cannot deficit-spend In the event that trust fund revenues fall short of what isneeded to pay 100 percent of benefits then by law benefits could not be paid in full and on time That is why if Congress does nothing to shore upthe programrsquos finances by 2033 Social Security will only have sufficient revenue to pay about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2086 SocialSecurity Trustees Table IID2 2012 Social Security Trustees Report April 25 2012 p 11 httpwwwssagovoacttr2012tr2012pdf This modestfunding shortfall is often cited as evidence that the program is financially unsustainable or ldquoin deficitrdquo In fact it is just the opposite it attests to SocialSecurityrsquos self-sustaining funding structure that bars it from deficit-spending or borrowing from the general budget in any way
11 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat SuppFebruary 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 State population data from S Census BureauldquoProfile of General Population and Housing Characteristics 2010rdquo 2010 Demographic Profile Data 2011 httpfactfinder2censusgovfaces
tableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1ampprodType=table
12 Total annual benefits from SSA ldquoTable 5J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of
dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Benefitsrsquo equivalentpercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated using state GDP figures from Bureau of Economic Analysis ldquoGross Domestic Product by State(millions of current dollars)rdquo September 29 2011 httpbeagoviTableiTablecfmReqID=70ampstep=1ampisuri=1ampacrdn=1
13 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries Total annual benefits from Social Security Administration (SSA) ldquoTable 5
J1mdashEstimated total annual benefits paid by state or other area and program 2010 (in millions of dollars)rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j1 Total beneficiaries from SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state
or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j2
14 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf Total number of state residents lifted out of poverty which does not appear in CBPPrsquos report was made available to Social SecurityWorks by the reportrsquos authors Arloc Sherman and Paul N Van de Water The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not
add up to the national totals which date to 200815 For the purposes of this analysis ldquoseniorsrdquo describes individuals aged 65 or older Herein all references to ldquoseniorsrdquo will reflect this definition16 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssa
govpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2 17 For the purposes of this analysis ldquotypicalrdquo is used to describe the ldquomedianrdquo benefit Herein all references to ldquotypicalrdquo will reflect this descriptionMonthly median benefit multiplied by 12 to calculate annual figure SSA ldquoTable 5J6mdashPercentage distribution of monthly benefit for retired workersby state or other area and monthly benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwwwssagovpolicydocsstatcomps
supplement20115jhtmltable5j6
18 SSA ldquoTable 5J2mdashNumber by state or other area program and type of benefit December 2010rdquo Ann Stat Supp February 2012 httpwww
ssagovpolicydocsstatcompssupplement20115jhtmltable5j2
19 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 200820 CBPP ldquoSocial Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty A State-by-State Analysisrdquo August 2010 httpwwwcbpporgfiles8-11-
10socsecpdf The state-level data reflect an average from 2006-2008 and therefore do not add up to the national totals which date to 2008
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 18
45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2122
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2222
ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 1922
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 18
45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2122
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2222
ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012
7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2022
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work for delaWare 18
45 SSA Office of the Chief Actuary Orlo R Nichols ldquoThe Insurance Value and Potential Survivor and Disabil ity Benefits for an Illustrative WorkerrdquoMemo to Alice Wade Deputy Chief Actuary of Social Security August 2008 httpsocialsecurity-worksorgwp-contentuploads201203
Illustrative_Survivor_and_Disabilitycase_2008pdf
46 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) ldquoMedicare Finances Findings of the 2012 Trustees Reportrdquo April 2012 p 1 httpwwwnasiorg
sitesdefaultfilesresearchMedicare_Finances_Findings_of_the_2012_Trustees_Reportpdf 47 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) ldquoProjecting Income and Assets What Might the Future Hold for the Next Generation of Medicare BeneficiariesrdquoJune 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8172pdf
48 Social Security Works calculation based on projected out-of-pocket health care costs in 2014 under current law and projected Social Securitybenefits of retired worker with average earnings of $43560 Out-of-pocket costs projection from KFF Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility A Fresh
Look Following Implementation of Health Reform p 9-10 July 2011 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload8169pdf The estimated Social Security
benefit is a projection for 2015 the closest date to 2014 available Social Security Trustees ldquoTable VIF10mdash Annual Scheduled Benefit Amounts forRetired Workers With Various Pre-Retirement Earnings Patterns Based on Intermediate Assumptions Calendar Years 2011-85rdquo 2011 Social Security
Trustees Report May 13 2011 p 201 httpwwwssagovoacttr2011tr2011pdf
49 People with severe disabilities become eligible for Medicare coverage only after receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) benefits for 24months People with End-Stage-Renal Disease (ESRD) and Lou Gehrigrsquos disease become eligible for Medicare as soon as they qualify for MedicareKaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 2 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf
50 There were 487 million beneficiaries nationwide in 2011 Except where otherwise noted the rest of the Medicare data referenced in this reportdate to 2009 the most recent common year in which those data were available Total Medicare beneficiaries in individual states dating to 2009 will notadd up to this figure Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 23 2012 p 6 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-
SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
51 Average expenditure per beneficiary is ldquoaverage benefit per enrolleerdquo Medicare Trustees 2012 Medicare Trustees Report ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo p 10 httpwwwcmsgovResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-Reports
ReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf
52 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf 53 KFF Ibid
54 Medicare Payment Advisory Board (Medpac) Report to the Congress Medicare Payment Policy Chapter 4 March 2010 httpwwwmedpacgov chaptersMar10_Ch04pdf
55 White House Office of the Press Secretary ldquoThe Affordable Care Act Strengthening Medicare Combating Misinformation and Protecting AmericarsquosSeniorrdquo June 8 2010 httpwwwwhitehousegovthe-press-officeaffordable-care-act-strengthening-medicare-combating-misinformation-and-
protecting-
56 White House Office of the Press Secretary Ibid57 KFF Medicare a Primer April 2010 p 1 httpwwwkfforgmedicareupload7615-03pdf Percentage of total Medicare beneficiaries enrolled inMedicare Advantage calculated using total Medicare beneficiaries figure for 2010 in source58 KFF Ibid Percentage calculation done by the author59 Center for Medicare amp Medicaid Services (CMS) Table 13 National Health Expenditure Data httpswwwcmsgovnationalhealthexpenddata
downloadstablespdf Presentation of data done according to the method employed by Jacob S Hacker for Figure 2 in The Case for Public Plan
Choice in National Health Reform 2009 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_Choicepdf
60 Hacker The Case for Public Plan Choice in National Health Reform 2009 p 6 httpinstituteourfutureorgfilesJacob_Hacker_Public_Plan_
Choicepdf
61 Medicare Trustees ldquoTable IIB1mdashMedicare Data for Calendar Year 2011rdquo 2012 Medicare Trustees Report April 2012 p 10 httpwwwcms
govResearch-Statistics-Data-and-SystemsStatistics-Trends-and-ReportsReportsTrustFundsDownloadsTR2012pdf Figure reflects total
administrative expenses of Medicare Parts A B and D but not Part C for which that information was not available62 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ldquoKey Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposalsrdquo December 2008 p 70 httpwwwcbogov
ftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
63 CBO Ibid p 94 httpwwwcbogovftpdocs99xxdoc992412-18-KeyIssuespdf
64 Medicare Advantagersquos administrative costs are expected to decline from the figure cited above as a result of reforms passed in the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of March 2010 CBO ldquoDesigning a Premium Support System for Medicarerdquo December 2006 p 12 http
wwwcbogovftpdocs76xxdoc769712-08-Medicarepdf
65 KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquo December 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 Total health care spending from KFF ldquoHealth Care Expenditures by State of Residence (in millions) 2009rdquoDecember 2011 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=592ampcat=5
66 Average benefit found by dividing total spending by total beneficiaries KFF ldquoMedicare Spending Estimates by State of Residence (in millions)
2009rdquo December 2011httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparemaptablejspind=620ampcat=6 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries byEligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetablejspind=293ampcat=6
67 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 State population data from S Census Bureau ldquoGeneral Demographic Characteristicsrdquo 2009 Population Estimates http
factfinder2censusgovfacestableservicesjsfpagesproductviewxhtmlpid=PEP_2009_DP1ampprodType=table
68 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the most current year with data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category69 KFF ldquoDistribution of Medicare Beneficiaries by Eligibility Category 2009rdquo 2010 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorgcomparetable
jspind=293ampcat=6 2009 was the year with the most current data available on the breakdown of Medicare beneficiaries by category70 National Institutes of Health S National Library of Medicine (NLM) ldquoEnd-stage kidney diseaserdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplus
encyarticle000500htm
71 NLM ldquoAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosisrdquo 2011 httpwwwnlmnihgovmedlineplusamyotrophiclateralsclerosishtml
72 KFF Medicaid a Primer June 2010 p 3 httpwwwkfforgmedicaidupload7334-04pdf
73 In the case of Medicaid ldquo2009rdquo refers to data from FY2009 Except where otherwise noted Medicaid data referenced in this report date to FY2009the most recent common year in which those data were available KFF ldquoTotal Medicaid Enrollment FY2009rdquo 2012 httpwwwstatehealthfactsorg
comparemaptablejspind=198ampcat=4
74 KFF Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey September 27 2012 p 1 httpehbskfforgpdf20118225pdf
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Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
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7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
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7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2222
ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
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7312019 Social Security Medicare and Medicaid Work For Delaware 2012
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullsocial-security-medicare-and-medicaid-work-for-delaware-2012 2222
ky fS Bu Sl Suy Md amp Mdd dlW
Social Security Medicare and Medicaid work for Delaware residents of all ages and backgrounds
This report Social Security Medicare amp Medicaid Work for Delaware shows that
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull Social Security provided benefits to 172441 Delawarians in 2010 1 out of 5 residents including 115978
retired workers 25925 disabled workers 12135 widow(er)s 5833 spouses and 12570 children [Figure 3]bull Social Security provided benefits totaling over $24 billion in 2010 an amount equivalent to 37 percent of
the statersquos annual GDP (the total value of all goods and services produced)
bull The average Social Security benefit in 2010 was $13889
bull Social Security lifted 55000 Delaware residents out of poverty in 2008
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos Women
bull Social Security provided benefits to 89597 women residents in 2010 1 out of 5 women
bull Without Social Security the poverty rate of elderly women would increase from 79 percent to 437 percent
Social Security Works for Delawarersquos People of Color
bull Social Security provided benefits to 28278 African Americans in Delaware in 2009 1 out of 7 African American residents
bull It provided benefits to 1 out of 7 Latino households in Delaware in 2010 2312 households
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
143813 Delawarians received Medicare benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 6 state residents
Medicare provided $15 billion in benefits in 2009mdash202 percent of all health care spending in the state
The average expenditure per Medicare beneficiary was $10512
Medicare Works for Delawarersquos Seniors and People with Disabilities
bull 120160 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash8 out of 10beneficiaries
bull 23653 of Delawarersquos 143813 Medicare beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 6
beneficiaries
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Residents and Economy
bull 207243 Delawarians received Medicaid benefits in 2009mdash1 out of 4 state residents
bull A total of $12 billion in Medicaid benefits were paid in 2009mdash162 percent of all health care spending in the
state The average expenditure per Medicaid beneficiary was $5847
Medicaid Works for Delawarersquos Seniors People with Disabilities
and Long-Term Care Residentsbull 14304 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were aged 65 or older in 2009mdash1 out of 14
beneficiaries
bull 24246 of Delawarersquos 207243 Medicaid beneficiaries were people with disabilities in 2009mdash1 out of 8
beneficiaries
bull Medicaid provided $335 million in long-term care benefits for Delaware residents in 2009 including
providing nursing home care for 2400 nursing home residents over half of state residents enrolled in
nursing homes
htt t th i l it t t t 2012