If you're unemployed in MA or HI and now collecting fed emergency UE benefits, 52wks @ $425 will gross ya $22,100. That's 100% Federal poverty level for 4-person HH! But @ $300, or $15,600 for 4, not quite Medicaid-eligible territory in WI! Table here, courtesy of WI Budget Project. BadgerCare --200% FPL! (Note that states' means testing for income assistance is based on reported gross, not net; WI proposes adjusted gross income formula for self-employed HH heads to calculate premia.) My bad: Hobo House and Wildlife Conservatory current annual income is 143% not 120% of FPL. wow. I need to rob a bank or something. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
NB: "Non-disabled childless adults are not included in the categories of people states can cover through Medicaid under current federal rules, regardless of their income. As such, states can only provide coverage to low-income childless adults through a Medicaid waiver or a fully state-funded program" or other state coverage strategies such as purchasing pools, reinsurance programs, or changes in insurance market regulations.
House bill creates Medicaid category for nondisabled childless adults 0-150% FPL, 2013
Baucus bill creates Medicaid category for nondisabled childless adults 0-133% FPL, 2014
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as compared to House bill (Medicaid and commercial "exchange" traded plans) premium cap 0-150% FPL: 3% of HH income; 151-200% FPL: 5.5% of HH income
as compared to Baucus bill premium cap 0-134% FPL: 4% of HH income; 135-200% FPL: 6.3% of HH income
Subsidies or "affordability credits" for co-pays and annual deductible, Essential Benefits plan(s)
as compared to House bill 0-400% FPL eligible OOP limit per annum: $5,000/$10,000
as compared to Baucus bill 0-200% FPL eligible OOP limit per annum: $5,950/$11,900 Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
