Extend Medicaid eligibility to young adults transitioning from foster careBaker, Robin
Nationally, states have disenrolled about 20 million people from Medicaid in the past year, most of them for procedural reasons such as failure to submit required paperwork. That number is expected to grow, as states have a few more months to redetermine enrollees' eligibility. Among adults who...
Unlike Medicaid income eligibility for adults in expanded states, which is usually 138% FPL, Medicaid or CHIP eligibility varies widely depending on the state and on the age of the child. This can range from as low as 142% FPL in Louisiana to 380% FPL in Iowa among 0 to 1 ...
children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. While the federal government establishes overarching rules for Medicaid, each state runs its own program, including determining eligibility and coverage policies. The law allows states to determine coverage of eye exams and eye...
On December 31, 2011, HHS issued a final notice of 26 health care quality measures for Medicaid-eligible adults. The quality measures will be used on a voluntary basis and are designed to provide state Medicaid programs, health insurers, and providers a tool for monitoring and evaluating the ...
(which most Southern states are not implementing), Medicaid eligibility levels for adults in the South remain low; that nearly 80% of the 4.8 million uninsured US adults who fall into the coverage gap live in the South; and that the coverage gap in the South disproportionately affects people ...
In April 2021, President Biden began unwinding the previous administration’s attempts to create and implement new eligibility requirements for adults without children or disabilities. These requirements would have allowed states to remove Medicaid coverage from childless adults who are not disabled, who ...
Nearly a quarter of adults who said they were disenrolled from Medicaid coverage in the past year since states started resuming eligibility checks remain uninsured, according to a survey released Friday by KFF. The survey is the first to look at health
adults and people with disabilities. The federal government sets up overall rules for Medicaid, but probrams are run by each state. The states set their own rules that determine eligibility and coverage policies. The law allows states to set the coverage of eye exams and eyeglasses for...
Within the past decade, expanded eligibility under the ACA has increased Medicaid coverage substantially. Starting in 2014, the ACA extended Medicaid eligibility to all adults with low incomes, including those without children—a group previously ineligible no matter how low their incomes—with the fed...