Medicareprovides medical coverage for many people age 65 and older and those with a disability. Medicare does not limit enrollment based on income level.Medicaidis designed for people of any age with limited income and is often a program of last resort for those without access to other resources...
Sampling for both types of telephone line divided the 120 Kentucky counties into 8 different strata based on the percentage of households with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level. We oversampled from low-income strata to ensure sufficient sampling of Medicaid-eligible participants. We ...
Medicaid is a joint state and federal program that provides health insurance coverage to 75 million people living in or near the federal poverty level. Many of the people that Medicaid covers have chronic illnesses or disabilities. Since the program was created in 1965, Medicaid has changed to e...
This change represents the effective increase in the Medicaid income eligibility level after 60 days postpartum that resulted from the maintenance of effort provision of the FFCRA. States with a larger eligibility increase had more people who became newly eligible for continued Medicaid after pregnancy...
Medicare is federally administered and covers older or disabled Americans, while Medicaid operates at the state level and covers low-income families and some single adults. Funding for Medicare comes from payroll taxes and premiums paid by recipients. ...
Adult Medicaid enrollees in new-NAS states, compared with those in comparison states, were more likely to be non-Hispanic White (66.8% vs 53.2%, respectively; P < .001), have a family income less than 100% of the federal poverty level (49.6% vs 45.4%; P = .02), and live...
The NIH noted that Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data found that an uninsured adult seeking an eye examination would have to pay about $485 in out-of-pocket expenses, more than a third of the monthly income for a single adult living at or below the federal poverty level. ...
Millions of older Americans rely on Medicaid because it is the largest payer of long-term services and supports. To qualify for the program, low-income individuals age 65 and over must meet income standards based on the dated Federal Poverty Level as well as asset tests that are often viewed...
The researchers found that after Medicaid income eligibility was expanded to include undocumented immigrant mothers in 1988, babies born to non-U.S. citizen mothers experienced notable improvements in health at birth. For example, the study documents decreased rates of infants born smaller than usual...
For opponents of expansion in Mississippi, the major concerns—particularly given the state’s low median income and limited tax base—are that the state may struggle to afford its share of expansion costs and that costs could exceed estimates owing to higher-than-anticipated enrollment. However, ...