Still, more than 2 million people who are uninsured and have incomes below the poverty line are in the Medicaid “coverage gap,” meaning they do not qualify for Medicaid because their states have not expanded it, yet they also are not eligible for premium assistance in the ACA marketplaces...
2 In Texas, for example, which has the largest number of uninsured adults of any state, a parent with 2 children making more than $3733 per year (17% of the poverty level) would be ineligible for Medicaid and caught in the coverage gap. An estimated 2.2 million uninsured adults fall in...
According to an NIH news release, Medicaid provides health coverage to millions of Americans, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. The federal government sets up overall rules for Medicaid, but probrams are run by each ...
nearly nearly 80 percent of people in the coverage gap reside in the South. African-Americans are harder hit by the coverage gap than Hispanics, the report shows, since several states with large Hispanic populations -- including California, New York and Arizona -- have opted to ...
Freestanding Birth Center services (when licensed or otherwise recognized by the state) Transportation to medical care Tobacco cessation counseling for pregnant women Each state also has the option of including additional benefits, such as prescription drug coverage, optometrist services, eyeglasses, medica...
According to an article in State Health and Value Strategies, additional services were designed to increase continuity of coverage and services by Medicaid; improve communication among the justice system, Medicaid, managed care systems, and community providers; and increase quality of care for enrollees...
Coverage and costs vary for each plan, but all must provide at least the standard level of coverage set by Medicare. Most drug plans charge monthly premiums as well as deductibles and co-payments, and they commonly have a coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.” Once a participant ...
The Medicaid Coverage Gap and IBD Care: 3160doi:10.14309/01.ajg.0000602172.02788.75Francis WadeMaria SrourFlorence-Damilola OdufaluDanisa M. ClarrettKatie S. SchroederThe American Journal of Gastroenterology
State Health Facts—Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity. 2022. Accessed November 7, 2022. https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/poverty-rate-by-raceethnicity/ 28. Artiga S, Hill L, Orgera K, Damico A. Health coverage by race and ethnicity, 2010–2019. Kaiser Family ...
citizens would be forced to go without coverage, while legal immigrants residing in the same state could still get it. It’s an unintended consequence of how last year’s Supreme Court decision changed the Medicaid provisions of President Barack Obama’s health care law. The overhau...