(in 2024). Regular/State Plan Medicaid may have lower income limits. They are oftentimes equal to the SSI limit ($943/month in 2024), 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 ...
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POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED IN SECTIONS 37.5 - COVERED SERVICES, LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS; 37.6 - REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICES; AND 37.7 - MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE. PHARMACY PROVIDERS SHOULD REFER TO THE MANUAL FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF MEDICAID PHARMACY PROGRAM POLICY. HOSPITAL PRECERTIFICATI...
“To date, little has been known about the effects of Medicaid income eligibility limits on cancer outcomes,” said lead author Jingxuan Zhao, MPH, an associate scientist at ASCO, in a press release. “Our research provides strong evidence that state expansion of Medicaid is associated with bett...
States.1 The program, created under the Social Security Act Amendments of 1965, is available to low-income individuals in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. It is a collaboration between federal and state governments to provide coverage for basic health care....
In 2008, rates of breast cancer screening among low-income women were similar throughout the United States regardless of whether their state had expanded Medicaid. In 2012, however, low-income women in states with expanded Medicaid were 25% more likely to have received a mammogram compared ...
Studies examined service use for adults with Down syndrome in 1 state,11 a small number of states,12 or among adolescents with Down syndrome,13,14 but characterizing health service use in a nationwide sample of adults in the US with Down syndrome has not been done, to our knowledge. For ...
As of August 2015, 22 states declined expanding Medicaid; most of these are in the South, the US region with the highest proportion of uninsured individuals.1 Medical students will inherit the reformed health care system and thus are stakeholders in these state decisions. We surveyed medical ...
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Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham, studied state Medicaid coverage policies for anti-obesity medications from 2011 through thefirst quarterof 2023, finding that 10 out of 47 states covered at least one anti-obesity medication. "At least 1 i...