50-State Survey Finds States Have Upgraded Medicaid Enrollment and Eligibility Systems and Begun Resolving Initial ACA Implementation Issues, Although Challenges Remain
(Source – Kaiser Family Foundation)
Over its first two years, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has triggered increases in Medicaid eligibility levels and upgrades in states’ Medicaid eligibility and enrollment systems, making it easier for individuals to enroll in Medicaid and producing faster eligibility decisions, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program eligibility levels and enrollment, renewal and cost-sharing policies.
The 14th annual 50-state survey, conducted by the Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, finds that as of January 2016, many states have revised enrollment and renewal processes in accord with the ACA (see chart below). Online applications are now standard in virtually all states. Notably, 37 states can make Medicaid eligibility determinations for low-income children, pregnant women, and non-disabled adults within 24 hours. Read more…
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