South Carolina Medicaid Resources:
- State Medicaid Website: South Carolina
- South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council Website
- The Arc of South Carolina
South Carolina Medicaid Facts: From Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid Fact Sheet (2009)
There are 142,300 people with disabilities covered by Medicaid in Rhode Island. South Carolina spent $10,500 for each Medicaid recipient with a disability in 2007.
16% of all people covered by Medicaid in South Carolina have a disability, which is almost the same as the national percentage of people covered by Medicaid who have a disability (15%).
South Carolina spends 40% of all the money it spends on Medicaid on services for people with disabilities, which is almost the same as the national percentage of Medicaid spending on these services (42%).