State Medicaid programs provide health insurance assistance for people with low income or disabilities. Learn about the benefits and eligibility. Covering more than 64.5 million Americans, Medicaid is the largest health insurance provider in the...
People with low income or disabilities may be eligible to receive health insurance assistance through state Medicaid programs. Learn about these services.
Starting in 2018, states were allowed to add work requirements to their Medicaid programs. The Biden administration has since put a hold on them. Medicaid was created alongside Medicare in 1965. While Medicare was intended to offer affordable health...
Some states have created or are considering “easy enrollment” programs to connect residents with health insurance via their tax returns. A health insurance “easy enrollment” program is a system that uses data from state tax returns to...
Medicaid can take back the money it spent on your health care after you die by taking funds meant for your heirs. Find out if your estate is at risk. Medicaid, the state/federal health coverage program for low-income people, may take its money back...
Medicaid is health coverage for low-income Americans. Obamacare is a law that overhauled American health insurance, including an expansion of Medicaid Obamacare is a federal law, but it's also often used to refer to individual market health...
If you need nursing home care, Medicaid will look back to see if you had any gifts, transfers, or sales under fair market value over the past 5 years. More than 1.43 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The...
A Medicaid waiver allows states to deliver Medicaid programs that differ from standard federal program requirements. Learn more about them. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal and state governments, to provide assistance to individuals and...
The EPSDT mandate requires states provide preventive services to children on Medicaid. What happens when the states fall short on that promise? When it comes to caring for children, Medicaid defines what it takes to keep them healthy. In 1967, the...
Five states are looking to impose lifetime limits on Medicaid coverage. Will the federal government approve their 1115 waivers? Will you be affected? Most people pay for their health care. How much they pay depends on the health plan they...
Medications costs keep going up and seniors literally pay the price. Can the government help cut drug costs for Medicare like it did for Medicaid? it has been estimated that net medicine spending is set to increase from $344 billion in 2018 to $420...
