or equal to the federal poverty level ($1,255/month in 2024). However, there is a great range in income and asset limits within the states. There are also many exceptions to what are considered countable assets and income. Visit our Medicaid page forcomplete eligibility requirementsor tofind...
Seven months into what was predicted to be the biggest upheaval in the 58-year history of the government health insurance program for people with low incomes and disabilities, states have reviewed the eligibility of more than 28 million people andterminated coveragefor over 10 million of them. Mi...
For years, states have had the option through the Affordable Care Act to allow qualified hospitals to extend presumptive eligibility to some adults based on their income, on top of the opportunity that most states give pregnant women and children. But in states such as Montana, people 65 and ...
The first major entitlement, Revolutionary War disability benefits, was initially restricted to members of the Continental Army and Navy who were injured in battle and survivors of those killed in wartime. Eligibility was then expanded, first to state militia soldiers, then to veterans whose ...
In Montana, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Charlie Brereton included 12-month postpartum eligibility in the governor's proposed state budget. It would cost $9.2 million in federal andstate fundingover the next two years, according to the...
“When people are aware that they no longer meet eligibility criteria, they would not necessarily make the effort to complete and return paperwork,” they said. The department says people who didn’t return the requested information received multiple follow-up messages and reminders. ...
Montana Medicaid Eligibility Medicaid is a state/federal program that pays most nursing home costs for people who meet three eligibility requirements including aged or disabled need, medical need, and financial need. In determining the financial need of a Medicaid applicant, Montana’s financial criter...
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States with a larger eligibility increase had more people who became newly eligible for continued Medicaid after pregnancy (and thus did not lose Medicaid eligibility postpartum) during the COVID-19 public health emergency. eTable 1 in Supplement 1 provides additional details on state-level income ...
Medicaidis a government health program available to certain low-income individuals and families who meet the eligibility standards set by federal and state law. Rules vary by state, including the rules for counting your income and resources. There are special rules for those living in nursing homes...