Question

1) Unlike Medicare, Medicaid eligibility coverage varies from state to state. An individual ruled ineligible in one state may qualify for coverage in another state.

Why do Medicaid eligibility rules and coverage vary while Medicare's do not?

2) Discuss two advantages to a Medicaid Managed Care plan.

Answer 1

1) Medicaid is a federal health insurance program by a government, to help the medical expenses of the low income with limited resources for income.

• Medicaid eligibility rules and coverage varies for individual from state to state because the economic status and cost of resources and cost of expenditure varies from state to state.
• An income or cost expenditure or economic status which is considered as low in one state may be moderate in other state. Because of this an individual ruled ineligible in one state may qualify coverage in another state.

Medicare is also a federal health insurance program by a government which helps to the individual over 60 years and people with disability and illness. This age, illness, disability will not vary from state to state so the Medicare not vary from state to state.

2. The two advantage of Medicaid managed care plan are:

• Lowers the health care expenditure.

Medicaid lowers the cost of health care for the people with low income. This help them to take their health and to improve the standard of health more by contributing to them.

• Affordable to manage health care prescription.

The health care prescription like bulky drugs are also affordable in medicaid managed health care. This help individual to focus on their health.