Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities: Findings from a 50-State Survey

(By Marybeth Musumeci, Priya Chidambaram and Molly O’Malley Watts for Kaiser Family Foundation)

Medicaid is an essential source of coverage for medical and long-term services and supports (LTSS) for many seniors and nonelderly adults and children with disabilities. Aside from the core group of SSI beneficiaries, pathways to full Medicaid eligibility based on old age or disability are provided at state option. This issue brief presents the latest state-level data on Medicaid financial eligibility criteria and adoption of key age and disability-related pathways (Figure 1). It also analyzes state choices about whether to adopt these optional age and disability-related pathways in light of states’ Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion status. Findings are based on a survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Appendix Tables contained detailed state-level data. Key findings include the following:  Continue reading here…

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