New guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) promise to streamline eligibility criteria for Medicaid and health-insurance marketplaces in advance of full implementation of health-care reform in 2014.
The new rules would give states additional flexibility in running their health exchanges (places where insurance companies can compete for people?s dollars) and make eligibility for Medicaid and Children?s Health Insurance Program benefits and appeals clearer.
Starting in 2014, adults who earn up to 133 percent of the poverty line ? $14,865 per year for a single person, or $30,656 for a family of four ? will be eligible to receive Medicaid benefits.
In addition, while all adults will be required to purchase health insurance or face a tax penalty in 2014, the new law will provide tax credits to help families who make up to 400 percent of the poverty line (around $92,000 for a family of four) purchase insurance.
?Before the health-care law was passed, millions of Americans were unable to obtain or afford quality health coverage,? says HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius . ?Today, we are proposing a rule to provide Americans with access to affordable, high-quality health coverage and give states more flexibility to implement the law in a way that works for them.?
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