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MEDICAID
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Having its origins in 1965, Medicaid
is a Federal program that offers health care coverage for select
low-income families. Title XIX of the Social Security Act is a Federal/State
sponsored program that is designed to pay medical costs for certain
designated families who happen to have low incomes/resources with
which to pay for it themselves. So who is eligible for Medicaid?
Eligibility includes people who are aged, blind, or disabled, along
with certain people in families with dependent children. Although
a Federal program, Medicaid is run by the states, which means that
each state determines who is eligible and the range of health services
offered.
It is a common misconception that Medicaid is a program that is
designed to cover all poor persons. Medicaid DOES NOT offer paid
medical assistance to every single poor person. Those eligible to
receive medical assistance must be a part of one of the groups designated
in the following list:
BASIS OF ELIGIBILITY:
- Individuals
who meet the requirements for the Aid to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC) program
- Children under age 6 whose family income is at or below 133
percent of the Federal poverty level
- Pregnant women whose family income is below 133 percent of the
FPL
- Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients in most States
- Recipients of adoption or foster care assistance
- Special protected groups (typically individuals who lose their
cash assistance due to earnings from work or from increased Social
Security benefits, but who may keep Medicaid for a period of time)
- All children born after September 30, 1983 under age 19, in
families with incomes at or below the FPL
( How does
Medicaid eligibility differ from Medicare eligibility ?
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SCOPE OF SERVICES:
- Inpatient hospital services
- Outpatient hospital services
- Prenatal care
- Vaccines for children
- Physician services
- Nursing facility services for persons aged 21 or older
- Family planning services and supplies
- Rural health clinic services
- Home health care for persons eligible for skilled-nursing service
- Laboratory and x-ray services
- Pediatric and family nurse practitioner services
- Nurse-midwife services
- Early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services
for children under age 21
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