From Medicaid to Retiree Benefits: How Seniors Impact America's Health Care Costs : Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, Washington, DC, July 13, 2006, Volume 4 |
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Page 3 - OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR RON WYDEN Senator WYDEN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Page 66 - Ices did not pay any cost sharing. The DRA gave states the option to increase the level of cost sharing and require the payment of premiums by many Medicaid beneficiaries whose family income is at or above the poverty level. (Exceptions include children whom states are required to cover under Medicaid rules, pregnant women, and individuals living in institutions.) States may require individuals whose family income is between 100 percent and...
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