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...
For example, because Ohio’s 2016 MMC contract language—“although there are currently no capacity requirements of the non–primary care required provider types, plans are required to ensure that adequate access is available to members for all required provider types”—did not specify any quantitat...
Financial Effect of Instituting Deficit Reduction Act Documentation Requirements in Family Planning Clinics in Oregon The state of Oregon initiated a Medicaid waiver program in 1999 known as the Family Planning Expansion Program (FPEP). This program provided family planning services to low income men ...
Kentucky’s Republican Gov. Matt Bevin hasrepeatedly threatenedto abolish his state’s Medicaid expansion entirely if the work requirements waiver was struck down in court. Attorneys for his administration even brought this threat into Judge Boasberg’s courtroom, arguing that any harm done to the p...
decision that made it optional for states. The ruling undermined the Obama administration’s goal for the program, which was to close the gap between the point on the federal poverty line where Americans become eligible for ACA tax credits and states’ varying Medicaid eligibility requirements. ...
In addition to SCHIP (discussed below), other provisions in federal law allow states to extend Medicaid eligibility to children beyond federal requirements. For example, states have used less restrictive methodologies for determining countable
Medicaid is administered by states, according to federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by states and the federal government.” More than 84.8 million people were enrolled in Medicaid as of Nov. 2022. [181][182][186] If the government can successfully provide universal health care ...