Looking at Medicaids traditional eligibility rules, you will notice numerous value/policy judgmentspregnant women and children are favored
Question:
Looking at Medicaid’s traditional eligibility rules, you will notice numerous value/policy judgments—pregnant women and children are favored over childless adults, the medically needy are favored over other low-income individuals with high costs, nonimmigrants are favored over immigrants. Under the ACA expansion, these distinctions mostly disappear, and eligibility depends purely on income level in the case of the biggest expansion group. Which approach do you prefer? If the ACA approach were expanded beyond 133% of FPL, the costs of the Medicaid program would soar. Given limited resources, do you think it would be better to cover more people at a higher poverty level across the board or continue to favor some groups over others through the categorical requirement? Should we decide that, for some populations, the government should step in and provide coverage regardless of the cost? In other words, is there a point where equity trumps financial constraints?
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Essentials Of Health Policy And Law
ISBN: 9781284247459
5th Edition
Authors: Sara E. Wilensky, Joel B. Teitelbaum