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Hi, need to submit a 3500 words essay on the topic Success of Federal Funds.The medically needy (MN) option allows States to extend Medicaid eligibility to additional persons. These persons would be e

Hi, need to submit a 3500 words essay on the topic Success of Federal Funds.

The medically needy (MN) option allows States to extend Medicaid eligibility to additional persons. These persons would be eligible for Medicaid under one of the mandatory or optional groups, except that their income and/or resources are above the eligibility level set by their State. Persons may qualify immediately or may “spend down” by incurring medical expenses that reduce their income to or below their State’s MN income level.

Medicaid eligibility and benefit provisions for the medically needy do not have to be as extensive as for the categorically needy and may be quite restrictive. Federal matching funds are available for MN programs. However, if a State elects to have an MN program, there are Federal requirements that certain groups and certain services must be included. that is, children under age 19 and pregnant women who are medically needy must be covered, and prenatal and delivery care for pregnant women, as well as ambulatory care for children, must be provided. A State may elect to provide MN eligibility to certain additional groups and may elect to provide certain additional services within its MN program. As of August 2002, thirty-five States plus the District of Columbia have elected to have an MN program and are providing at least some MN services to at least some MN beneficiaries. All remaining States utilize the “special income level” option to extend Medicaid to the “near poor” in medical institutional settings.

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, known as the “welfare reform” bill, made restrictive changes regarding eligibility for SSI coverage that impacted the Medicaid program. For example, legal resident aliens and other qualified aliens who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, are ineligible for Medicaid for 5 years. Medicaid coverage for most aliens entering before that date and coverage for those eligible after the 5-year ban are State options. emergency services, however, are mandatory for both of these alien coverage groups.

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