Quick facts about Medicaid in Virginia:
• In 2000, Medicaid covered nearly one-quarter of all births in Virginia
• Two out of three Virginia nursing home patients are Medicaid beneficiaries
• In 2001, Medicaid expenditures represented 12.6 percent of the state's total operating expenditures. By 2004, these figures are expected to climb to 14.1 percent and 14.2 percent, respectively.

Despite Virginia's relative economic prosperity, the state:
• has the 44th lowest spending per Medicaid recipient
• has the 40th lowest average growth in spending per enrollee
• has the 50th lowest percent of total health spending attributed to Medicaid
• has the 44th lowest number of Medicaid recipients as a percent of the total population