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Income requirements are irrelevant if you are not 65 years of age. And, when you are 65, you go on Medicare - and Medicaid if your income is too low. Early retirees are too young to qualify for Medicaid unless they are blind or disabled.
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Apply if you are aged (65 years old or older), blind, or disabled and have limited income and resources.
Income requirements are irrelevant if you are not 65 years of age. And, when you are 65, you go on Medicare - and Medicaid if your income is too low. Early retirees are too young to qualify for Medicaid unless they are blind or disabled.
Who doesn't like boatloads of freebies? The question is, how do we pay for it? Medicaid is already broke in many states. Illinois (for example) can't afford to pay their medicaid bills as it is now, I can't fathom how much worse it will be when we triple the numbers of people on the program. Oh, and not to mention, fewer and fewer providers are accepting medicaid as a form of payment because the state is so delinquent in paying its bills. Recipe for disaster.
Make those using the program pay in with higher co-pays and premiums until the program breaks even each year. Have each state set up a Medicaid Advisory board to rein in costs and improve efficiency. Use Medicaid to negotiate better prices on medical devises and prescription drugs. Incentives healthy lifestyles. They're are many option to improve efficiency.
As long as they pay taxes themselves. It's a win for families who won't have to deal with private insurers and can focus on getting quality care.
Ummm....
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The change would affect early retirees and would allow a married couple could have an annual income of about $64,000 to still get Medicaid, said officials who make long-range cost estimates for the Health and Human Services department.
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