www.medicaid.gov: week 2026-W31
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| Issue | Severity | Pages | Who it affects | How to fix | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text has enhanced contrast (WCAG 1.4.6) (rule↗) | Moderate | 3319 | — | Increase text contrast to meet WCAG AAA (7:1). | pages (CSV) |
| Target size is at least 44×44 CSS pixels (Enhanced) (WCAG 2.5.5) (rule↗) | Moderate | 3319 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r111 | pages (CSV) |
| Scrolling content can be accessed by keyboard (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 3317 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r57 | pages (CSV) |
| All page content should be contained by landmarks (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 2279 | — | Wrap all page content in landmarks (header, nav, main, footer) so users can navigate by region. | pages (CSV) |
| Page should contain a level-one heading (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 2278 | — | See remediation guidance: https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.12/page-has-heading-one?application=axeAPI | pages (CSV) |
| Document should have one main landmark (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 2274 | — | Each page should have exactly one <main> landmark. | pages (CSV) |
| Text has minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 (WCAG 1.4.8) (rule↗) | Moderate | 2182 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r73 | pages (CSV) |
| First focusable element is link to main content (WCAG criterion undetermined) (rule↗) | Moderate | 1142 | — | See remediation guidance: https://alfa.siteimprove.com/rules/sia-r87 | pages (CSV) |
Progress
| Week | Critical | Serious | Moderate | Minor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-W24 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 1 |
| 2026-W25 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 1 |
| 2026-W26 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 1 |
| 2026-W27 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 1 |
| 2026-W28 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 1 |
| 2026-W29 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 1 |
| 2026-W30 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 1 |
| 2026-W31 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
Dropped from this week's sample
- Critical VS-9074b4dd Images must have alternative text (WCAG 1.1.1)
- Moderate VS-a24eaa8c Image has accessible name (WCAG 1.1.1)
- Moderate VS-4408605e Element has required aria-owns (WCAG 1.3.1)
- Serious VS-e9fe47ac Links must have discernible text (WCAG 2.4.4)
- Moderate VS-28ebd979 Link has accessible name (WCAG 2.4.4)
- Critical VS-fab92378 Select element must have an accessible name (WCAG 4.1.2)
- Serious VS-be8d563e Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds (WCAG 1.4.3)
- Moderate VS-0ba8ce9d scope attribute should be used correctly (WCAG criterion undetermined)
This week at a glance 31 issue type(s)
- Median axe violations / page
- 0
- Pages with axe violations
- 2787 of 6787
- Median Alfa failures / page
- 72
- Pages with Alfa failures
- 3319 of 3319
- Unique pages audited
- 6787
- Lighthouse performance (median)
- 73/100 details
- Lighthouse SEO (median)
- 100/100
- Lighthouse best practices (median)
- 100/100
- Lighthouse agentic (median)
- 100/100
- Words per page (median)
- 682
- Reading ease (median)
- 35.4
- Reading grade (median)
- 16.9
- Misspellings
- 25+ distinct details
- Broken links
- 2 details
- Median page weight
- 1.7 MB +3 KB worse
- Median requests per page
- 155
- Estimated energy per page (mean)
- 0.4095 Wh
Note: page counts differ between weeks (7314 → 7478). Prefer the "pages affected" columns over raw instance counts when comparing.
Scan coverage this week (7478 pages · 6787 succeeded of 7390 attempted)
| Engine | Pages | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| axe | 6787 | 91% |
| resources | 6787 | 91% |
| standards | 3414 | 46% |
| plain-language | 3383 | 45% |
| alfa | 3319 | 44% |
| sustainability | 810 | 11% |
| tech | 714 | 10% |
| security | 691 | 9% |
| deprecated-html | 630 | 8% |
| lighthouse | 627 | 8% |
Changes since 2026-W30 15 change(s)
axe-core
- Resolved: image-alt no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: link-name no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: color-contrast no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: scope-attr-valid no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: select-name no longer fails on any scanned page.
- aria-allowed-role shrank: 487 → 311 pages affected (rate: 7% → 5% of pages scanned).
- aria-input-field-name shrank: 484 → 308 pages affected (rate: 7% → 5% of pages scanned).
Alfa
- Resolved: sia-r2 no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: sia-r11 no longer fails on any scanned page.
- Resolved: sia-r46 no longer fails on any scanned page.
- sia-r73 shrank: 2380 → 2182 pages affected (rate: 68% → 66% of pages scanned).
- sia-r61 spread: 1108 → 1136 pages affected (rate: 32% → 34% of pages scanned).
- sia-r87 spread: 1116 → 1142 pages affected (rate: 32% → 34% of pages scanned).
- sia-r8 shrank: 229 → 149 pages affected (rate: 7% → 4% of pages scanned).
- sia-r113 shrank: 228 → 149 pages affected (rate: 7% → 4% of pages scanned).
Embedded & linked resources
New this week (948)
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/TX-25-0028.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/MD-26-0003.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0028.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0027.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0026.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/MA-25-0023.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-26-0003.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NJ-26-0002.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0045.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0052.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0038.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0036.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0047.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0054.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0051.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0049.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0044.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NH-23-0022.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0026.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/MA-25-0023.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-26-0003.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NJ-26-0002.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0015.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0016.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0014.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0012.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0004.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0008.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0005.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0006.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/WI-23-0009.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/TX-25-0028.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/MD-26-0003.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0028.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/OH-25-0027.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-22.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-14-06.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-14-02.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-14-01.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-0016-MM.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-0017-MM6.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-0013-MM.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-0018-MM7.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-11.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/OR/OR-13-23.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-005.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-006.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-12-029.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-12-005.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-12-008.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-12-027.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-12-028.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-11-011B.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-015.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-017-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-017-Att.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/CT/CT-13-017-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0009.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-23-0011.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-21-0014.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0024.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0045.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0046.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0014.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0023.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0043.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/CO-22-0033.pdf
- http://medicaid.gov/medicaid/spa/downloads/NC-26-0002.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-66-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-66-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-58-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-58-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-76.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-31-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-31-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-49.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-55-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-55-Ltr2.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-55-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-42-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-42-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-19-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-19-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-52-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-52-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-53-Ltr.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/State-resource-center/Medicaid-State-Plan-Amendments/Downloads/LA/LA-10-53-179.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/downloads/smd26003-ppt.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/smd18009.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/downloads/qr-su-bnwtasks-1115pmda-v1-1.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-smi-stcs-mntrng-rdsgn-ovrly-ltr-06252025.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-smi-assesment-01092026.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-jan-mar-2025-parta.xlsx
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-jan-mar-2025-partb.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-jul-sep-2024-parta.xlsx
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-jul-sep-2024-partb.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-oct-dec-2024-parta.xlsx
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-oct-dec-2024-partb.pdf
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-mar-jun-2024-partA.xlsx
- https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/section-1115-demonstrations/downloads/al-imd-smi-qtrly-monitor-rpt-mar-jun-2024-partB.pdf
| Type | Count |
|---|---|
| PDF documents | 6890 |
| Spreadsheets | 220 |
| Archives (zip, etc.) | 89 |
| Audio files | 77 |
| Word/text documents | 19 |
| Images | 17 |
| Presentations | 2 |