Medicaid Equal Standards Act
Sponsored By: Representative Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced
Summary
A new resources test would make Medicaid expansion enrollees subject to an asset limit. States would set and apply that test while keeping options to tighten how assets are counted.
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- Families and individuals: People in the expansion group would need resources below a set limit, $10,000 for 2029 and double that for married applicants, when being found eligible or at redeterminations.
- States: States could adopt lower limits or count assets normally excluded under Supplemental Security Income rules, and the Secretary could not deny a state's choice.
- Timing and adjustments: The test would apply starting January 1, 2029, and the $10,000 floor would be adjusted by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) every four years beginning in 2033.
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New asset test for Medicaid expansion
This bill would require States to use a resources (asset) test for people in the Medicaid expansion group starting January 1, 2029. The test would set a national dollar threshold of $10,000 for 2029. In 2033 and every four years after, the threshold would be increased by the percent change in the CPI‑U over the prior four years; in non-applicable years the amount would remain the same. States would apply the test at initial eligibility and at each renewal, and States would be able to elect a lower dollar limit or to count resources otherwise excluded under SSI rules; the Secretary would not be allowed to deny that election. If your countable resources are above the threshold you would be found ineligible; specified excluded individuals would be exempt unless the State chooses to include them.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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