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Medically Needy Eligibility as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level, 2001

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United StatesPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 1
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 1



AlabamaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

AlaskaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

ArizonaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

ArkansasPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual15%
Medically Needy - Couple22%

CaliforniaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual83%
Medically Needy - Couple97%

ColoradoPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

ConnecticutPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual80% 3
Medically Needy - Couple76% 3

DelawarePercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

District of ColumbiaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual53%
Medically Needy - Couple41%

FloridaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual25%
Medically Needy - Couple25%

GeorgiaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual44%
Medically Needy - Couple39%

HawaiiPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual51%
Medically Needy - Couple51%

IdahoPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

IllinoisPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual40%
Medically Needy - Couple39%

IndianaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

IowaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual67%
Medically Needy - Couple50%

KansasPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual66%
Medically Needy - Couple49%

KentuckyPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual30%
Medically Needy - Couple28%

LouisianaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual14%
Medically Needy - Couple20%

MainePercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual44%
Medically Needy - Couple35%

MarylandPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual49%
Medically Needy - Couple41%

MassachusettsPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 4
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 4

MichiganPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual57%
Medically Needy - Couple56%

MinnesotaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual67%
Medically Needy - Couple62%

MississippiPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

MissouriPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

MontanaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual73%
Medically Needy - Couple54%

NebraskaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual55%
Medically Needy - Couple41%

NevadaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

New HampshirePercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual76%
Medically Needy - Couple70%

New JerseyPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual51%
Medically Needy - Couple45%

New MexicoPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

New YorkPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual87%
Medically Needy - Couple93%

North CarolinaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual34%
Medically Needy - Couple33%

North DakotaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual66%
Medically Needy - Couple51%

OhioPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

OklahomaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual36%
Medically Needy - Couple34%

OregonPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual58%
Medically Needy - Couple54%

PennsylvaniaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual59%
Medically Needy - Couple46%

Rhode IslandPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual87%
Medically Needy - Couple69%

South CarolinaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

South DakotaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2

TennesseePercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual34%
Medically Needy - Couple27%

TexasPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 5
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 5

UtahPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual53%
Medically Needy - Couple48%

VermontPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual102% 6
Medically Needy - Couple76% 6

VirginiaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual47%
Medically Needy - Couple42%

WashingtonPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual78%
Medically Needy - Couple61%

West VirginiaPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual28%
Medically Needy - Couple28%

WisconsinPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - Individual83%
Medically Needy - Couple61%

WyomingPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA 2
Medically Needy - CoupleNA 2



GuamPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA
Medically Needy - CoupleNA

Puerto RicoPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA
Medically Needy - CoupleNA

Virgin IslandsPercent0% - 100%
 
Medically Needy - IndividualNA
Medically Needy - CoupleNA



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Sources:  Medicaid Medically Needy Programs: An Important Source of Medicaid Coverage, Table 1 , Kaiser Family Foundation, January 2003, based on Aged, Blind and Disabled State Summaries, National Association of State Medicaid Directors. Available at http://www.kff.org/medicaid/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=14325 .


Footnotes:

1. Not Applicable because there are no national eligibility levels.

2. These states do not have a Medically Needy program.

3. Connecticut has two income standards, based upon the region. Other areas have an income limit of 66% FPL for individuals and 59% FPL for couples.

4. Massachusetts does not have an income limit for non-institutionalized people with disabilities. For the elderly and people in institutions the income standard is 100% FPL.

5. Texas''s Medically Needy program does not cover the aged or disabled.

6. Vermont uses a higher income standard of 111% FPL (individual) and 82% FPL (couples) for residents of Chittenden County only.

7. State has expanded coverage for parents under waivers using Medicaid and/or SCHIP funds.

8. State funds used to expand coverage for parents to 200%, however, as of April 2003, enrollment was frozen .

9. State has expanded coverage for parents under waivers using Medicaid and/or SCHIP funds. As of April 2003, enrollment was closed to some but not all parents eligible under the state''s waiver.

10. State has expanded coverage for parents under waivers using Medicaid and/or SCHIP funds to 150% for non-working and working parents. Waiver coverage provides a limited benefit package with enrollment fees and co-payments, and is subject to an enrollment cap.

11. State has expanded coverage for parents under waivers using state funds to 200% for non-working and working parents. As of April 2003, the state had stopped enrolling most parents in the state-funded program.


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