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Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Obsolete Medicaid Eligibility Handbook For the current MEH, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/meh-ebd/ For the current BC Plus Handbook, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/bcplus/ |
There are 3 major categories of MA. They are:
Family MA - This includes AFDC MA, AFDC-Related MA, Extensions, Healthy Start and BadgerCare. This group includes children <19, caretaker relatives, and pregnant women.
Elderly/Disabled MA - This includes SSI-Related MA, SSI MA, Katie Beckett, TB-related, Institutions and Community Waivers cases. This group includes people 65 or older, and those determined disabled by the Disability Determination Bureau (3.6.1). The exception is institutions cases. There can be non-elderly/disabled (i.e. children) in those cases.
Others - This includes QMB, SLMB, SLMB+, QDWI, Emergency MA and Presumptive Eligibility.
Categorically related - A person may fit into one of the above 3 categories based on nonfinancial factors. For example, a 70 year old would be categorically related to the elderly/disabled category.
Categorically eligible - These people are eligible based on the receipt of another public assistance program such as SSI, Federal Title IV-E Foster care, and Adoption Assistance.
This page last updated in Release Number : 01-05
Release Date: 10/01/01
Effective Date: 10/01/01