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New KFF Survey Report Provides State-Level
Data on Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with
Disabilities
A new KFF issue brief presents state-level data and
tables on Medicaid financial eligibility criteria and adoption of the major
coverage pathways related to old age and disability as of 2018.
The 50-state survey that serves as the basis of
the brief finds that the income limits associated with the age and
disability-related pathways to Medicaid eligibility vary across states but
generally remain low. The median income limit was 74 percent of the federal
poverty level (or $771/month) for individuals eligible based on old age or
disability, 48 percent of poverty ($500/month) for individuals eligible as
medically needy, and 250 percent ($2,602/month) for working people with
disabilities.
The analysis also finds that greater shares of
states that have adopted the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion also
have adopted key optional age and disability-related pathways to expand
coverage for these populations, compared to non-expansion states.
Medicaid is a key source of health and long-term
care coverage for about seven million seniors, as well as seven million
nonelderly adults with disabilities and 6 million children with special
health care needs.
Filling the need for trusted information on
national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a
nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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Friday, June 14, 2019
New KFF Survey Report Provides State-Level Data on Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities
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