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Governor Gavin Newsom of California recently proposed reinstating the asset tests formerly used to determine eligibility for Medi-Cal health and long-term care benefits for disabled individuals and ...

Adjusting the Medicaid asset test to accurately reflect inflation levels could increase Medicaid eligibility for low-income, elderly, and disabled Medicare beneficiaries, according to a Health Affairs ...

This year, California took the second of two steps to allow residents with unlimited assets to participate in its Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS) program. Advocates hoped the move ...

Objective: To determine the number and characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries who will be excluded from low-income prescription drug subsidies because they do not qualify under an asset test. Study ...