Under the Medicaid expansion, individuals under the age of 65 will qualify for Medicaid if they earn up to 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL). As of May 1, 2024, ten states have not adopted the Medicaid expansion. In these states, childless adults who are not disabled or pregnant ...
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states had the option of expanding Medicaid to provide coverage to people under 65 years of age living at up to 133 percent of thefederal poverty level(FPL). California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington, as well as Washington, D....
Under Federal law, a person applying for Medicaid cannot reduce or transfer assets to others (for example, children) for the purpose of qualifying for Medicaid coverage of long-term care services. Doing so may result in a significant penalty period. During that time, even if assets have been...
According to estimates of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), over 90 million people were enrolled in Medicaid in 2022. The distribution of Medicaid enrollees by eligibility group shows that 36.9 percent are children. Other groups include adults and newly eligible adults (under ...
The study also compared state Medicaid rates with that of Medicare, the federal health insurance for people 65 and older that is often seen as a standard for reimbursement. Researchers found that, on average, Medicaid paid about 80% of the same services paid under Medicare. ...
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Medicaid currently provides care for40% of adultsunder 65 living with HIV, making it a cornerstone in efforts to combat the epidemic. The people vulnerable to poverty who are served by Medicaid — particularly LGBTQ+ communities and communities of color — are also those most deeply affected by...
Using overdose mortality and related covariates measured at the county rather than the state level, this study aimed to provide improved estimates of the association between Medicaid expansion under the ACA and fatal opioid-involved overdoses from 2001 to 2017. We examined this association for county...
People with disabilities Adults over the age of 656 Eligibilitywas expanded to include adults under the age of 65, provided their incomes fell under 133% of thefederal poverty level(FPL), as per the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.7 Children account for 38% of enrollees with...
Medicaid expansions for the working age disabled: Revisiting the crowd-out of private health insurance Disabled individuals under 65 years old account for 15% of Medicaid recipients but half of all Medicaid spending. Despite their large cost, few studies hav... KL Wagner - 《Journal of Health ...