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STATE SUMMARIES

INTRODUCTION
    • Categorical and Financial Eligibility

MANDATORY GROUPS
    • Cash Assistance Group
    • Dual Eligibles

OPTIONAL GROUPS
    • Poverty Level Group
    • State Supplementary Payment Group
    • Medically Needy Group for Aged,
       Blind, and Disabled
    • Institutionalized Individuals Group
    • Home and Community-Based
       Services (HCBS) Waivers Group

GLOSSARY OF
ELIGIBILITY TERMS

Medicaid is an important source of health insurance for aged, blind, and disabled individuals in America. While federal law places certain requirements on state Medicaid programs to cover some aged, blind, and disabled individuals, a state retains many complex eligibility options which often work in concert to determine the greater public health insurance picture for its aged, blind, and disabled residents.

This website represents our attempt to track the various eligibility choices for aged, blind, and disabled populations made by state Medicaid programs at a point in time, 2003, though we will update the information annually.

It contains an explanation of aged, blind, and disabled eligibility rules, as well as several options on how to search for specific information on eligibility options chosen by all fifty states and the District of Columbia.

A comprehensive overview of each state's aged, blind, and disabled policy decisions is available in the State Summaries section. This is where you will find the most complete information on a state's Medicaid programs for the aged, blind, and disabled.

An aged, blind, and disabled eligibility policy database is also available. The database allows you to better tailor your search. For example, you could use the static tables to compare information on all states that offer a medically needy group for the aged, blind, and disabled. Alternately, a second search option allows you to design your own search by both state and category in order to easily compare specific states and their decisions within distinct aged, blind, and disabled eligibility categories.

It is our hope that this site will provide a wealth of information for researchers, state and federal policymakers, and advocates.