With one important exception, States are required to provide Medicaid coverage to recipients of SSI. SSI, authorized under Title XVI…
The Federal Medicaid statute defines over 50 distinct population groups as being potentially eligible for States’ programs. Some groups (classes…
Medicaid was enacted in 1965, in the same legislation that created the Medicare program, the Social Security amendments of 1965…
The Medicare program (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act) provides hospital insurance (HI), also known as Part A coverage,…
What are people talking about when they say you have to "spend down" to become eligible for Medicaid? Well, it…