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Dual Eligibles: Medicaid’s Role for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries
02/23/2006 | 229 Requests *Summary
Who are dual eligibles and how do they qualify for Medicaid? This fact sheet describes the over 7.5 million “dual eligibles,” the low-income elderly and persons with disabilities who are enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, why this population needs Medicaid, what services they receive from Medicaid, and the current policy challenges related to dual eligibles, including the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.
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Available Files
- Dual Eligibles: Fact Sheet Off-site link
Keywords
Dual Eligibles; Medicaid
Topic
Aging Issues, Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Medicaid, Physical Disabilities, State/Agency Information
Type/Tool
Policy alerts, briefs, letters & papers, Fact Sheets
Source
Kaiser Family Foundation
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
03/03/2006
Contact
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
kcmu@kff.org
202-347-5270
kcmu@kff.org
202-347-5270
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