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live in a nursing home, and have limited income and resources, you may be eligible for Medicaid. If you are aged, blind, or disabled and need nursing home care, but could stay at home with proper commu- nity care services, you may apply. If you are eligible for Medicare and have limited income and resources, you may also qualify for Medicaid.
Other Situations . If you have improved your financial situation and are able to discontinue receiving welfare but still need health coverage, you may apply for Medicaid. If you have children under age 18 and have limited income and resources but do not receive welfare, you may apply for Medicaid. If you have very high medical bills, which you cannot pay and you are pregnant, under age 18 or over age 65, blind, or disabled, you may be eligible for Medicaid.
In order to receive federal funds for their Medicaid programs, states must provide Medicaid coverage for most people who receive Federally assisted income payments, as well as for certain people who do not receive such payments. Examples of people states are required to grant Medicaid to include, among others:
• Infants born to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women; Medicaid eligibility must continue throughout the first year of life so long as the infant remains in the mother's household and she remains eligible, or would be eligible if she were still pregnant
• States are required to extend Medicaid eligibility until age 19 to all children born after September 30, 1983 (or earlier if a state chooses) in families with incomes at or below the Federal pov- erty level
• Recipients of adoption assistance and foster care under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act
• People who lose SSI payments due to earnings from work or increased Social Security benefits
Dental services are also available under Medicaid. Dental services are an optional service for adults above the age of 21; however, this service is a requirement for those eligible for Medicaid who are younger than age 21.
Federal Resources for Health Care Coverage
