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AP Exclusive: Medicaid for the middle class?
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Jun 22, 2011 05:42am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed.
The change would affect early retirees: A married couple could have an annual income of about $64,000 and still get Medicaid, said officials who make long-range cost estimates for the Health and Human Services department.
After initially downplaying any concern, the Obama administration said late Tuesday it would look for a fix.
Up to 3 million more people could qualify for Medicaid in 2014 as a result of the anomaly. That's because, in a major change from today, most of their Social Security benefits would no longer be counted as income for determining eligibility. It might be compared to allowing middle-class people to qualify for food stamps.
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