Benefits
Follow the money
Enrollment
Important years
Acronyms
100

Type of eligibility allowing people to enroll in Medicaid/CHIP before application is processed

What is presumptive eligibility?

100

Source of funding for Medicaid programs

What are state and federal taxes?

100

Out of pocket expenditures that lead to Medicaid coverage for a given month

What is spend-down?

100

Medicaid enrollment was decoupled from welfare eligibility.

What was 1996?

100

TANF

What is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?
200

The most common delivery system for Medicaid health care services currently

What is managed care (capitation)?

200

Medicaid's approximate contribution to health care spending

What is 18-20%?

200

Population that historically was not eligible for Medicaid before ACA's Medicaid expansion changes?

Who are childless adults?

200

Last US state initiated their Medicaid program

When was 1982?
200

ABD

What is aged, blind and disabled?

300

Services covered through Medicaid that are designed to keep beneficiaries out of nursing homes or other institutional settings

What are home- and community-based services?

300

Federal contribution to state Medicaid expenditures

What is Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP)?

300

Population that may gain & lose coverage after a specified period of time with income > 138% FPL.

Who are pregnant women?

300

Medicaid expansion approved under the ACA

What is 2010?

300

DSH

What is Disproportionate Share Hospital?

400

Policy that provided stability and access to Medicaid during the COVID pandemic.

What was the Public Health Emergency

400

Most expensive per person enrollment group in Medicaid

Who are people with disabilities?

400

Medicaid beneficiaries who are also enrolled in Medicare

Who are dual eligibles?

400

CHIP was initiated.

What is 1997?

400

SSI

What is Social Security Income?

500

Health care service that all states cover but are considered optional under federal rules

What are prescription drugs?

500

Medicaid rank in a state's spending

What is second (follows education)?

500

This group accounts for the highest proportion of Medicaid enrollees.

Who are children?

500
Medicaid program initiated.

What is 1965?

500

EPSDT

What is Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment?