Article Publication Date:
8/1/2010
Summary:
Millions of low-income adults without children who currently cannot qualify for coverage, as well as many low-income parents and children now covered through the CHIP program will become eligible for Medicaid. These programs are expected to cover an additional 16 million people by 2019. This brief provides the details of the benefit and cost-sharing rules that will govern the coverage available to newly-eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries.
Topics:
Medicaid
Types/Tools:
Populations:
Dual Eligibles
Sources:
Kaiser Family Foundation
Programs/Initiatives:
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
States:
Uninsured Adults; Health Characteristics; Federal Standards for Benchmark and Benchmark-Equivalent Benefit; essential health benefits; Benchmark Coverage; cost-sharing standards; policy implications; 8092
Contact
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
kcmu@kff.org
Phone:
202-347-5270
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/52648