HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries

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37. I have been told that currently in some states,

Medicaid is available only to people who have young children. (Several folks at DailyKos informed me of this just over the last ten days.) I know here in California, the assets a person has are looked at. The Social Services people might allow the person or the couple to have Medicaid, but when the people die, the state will seize their assets!

I have several acquaintances whose health has gone down the tubes as they have paid off their home, and when illness hit, they lost their jobs, then lost their insurance, and didn't want to apply for benefits as they always had as a goal leaving their home to their kids.

I have no idea what is in store for us with the ACA. The other thing - one of my current main objections - sometimes people will get work, and will actually pull out of the lower income rank for a little while. But should they they lose the job, they will have to apply for the help, right?

All of us are in danger of being perpetual applicants, with form after form after form to fill out. And the penalties will be there too - I imagine if you misrepresent something due to forgetfullness or whatever, you will still be liable for the old Welfare/Unemployment office threat of 16 years in jail for your "conspiracy" of lying to the authorities.