Medicaid – Eligibility Topics I plan to cover in this series of
Personal Finance Basics include (but not limited to): Financial
Planning, Investing, Insurance, Income Tax, Retirement, Benefits
(entitlements and company benefits), spending, saving, and
giving, to start. In this post, I will be discussingMedicaid
Medicaid is the United States health program for certain people
and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-
tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal
governments, and is managed by the states. People served by
Medicaid are U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents,
including low-income adults, their children, and people with
certain disabilities. Poverty alone does not necessarily qualify
someone for Medicaid. Medicaid is the largest source of funding
for medical and health-related services for people with limited
income in the United States. Medicaid is a joint federal-state
program that provides health coverage or nursing home coverage
to certain categories of low