Medicaid

BREAKOUT ROOM 12:

ARIC BURBEY, SHANNON MULROONY,

BETHANY DALLENBACH, BRITTNEY STOYER,
IAN KIRKPATRICK
Medicaid:
FUNDING:
STATE + FEDERAL FUNDING
MEDICARE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE
HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND AND
THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE
TRUST FUND
ADULTS AGE 19 - 64 WITH INCOME UP TO
138% FPL
BASIC BENEFITS:
MANDATORY BENEFITS INCLUDE SERVICES
INCLUDING INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT
HOSPITAL SERVICES, PHYSICIAN SERVICES,
LABORATORY AND X-RAY SERVICES, AND
HOME HEALTH SERVICES,
AMONG OTHERS. OPTIONAL BENEFITS
INCLUDE SERVICES INCLUDING
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, CASE
MANAGEMENT, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY.
IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA):

FROM 1965-2014, IT DID NOT COVER ALL PEOPLE

WHO WERE POOR. IT HAD SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS BEING A YOUNG CHILD,
PARENT, PREGNANT, ELDERLY OR DISABLED.

PERCENTAGE COVERED HAS GONE UP AS WELL

AFTER THE 2015 CHANGE