"It’s important to remember who is covered by Medicaid. By law, the program must now cover poor children (from families whose income is 100%-133% of the poverty line, based on age). It must cover poor pregnant women (up to 133% of the poverty line). It must cover parents to a point often well below the poverty line. And it must cover the very poor elderly and the disabled. That’s all. Notice who is left out? Adults without children. That’s because in most states, an individual who doesn’t have kids can’t get Medicaid, no matter how poor that person is. It’s not much better for parents. For example, a married couple in Texas who have 1 child and earn only $4818 a year is too ‘rich’ for Medicaid."
When Republicans talk in terms of freeloaders finding jobs and getting them off Medicaid, think children, pregnant women, disabled, blind and very poor elderly.
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