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medicaid began when president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the social security acts amendment. the acts were put in place to help elderly, disabled, and unemployed. this led to medicaid which is insurance for;low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities
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Children receiving medicaid get mandated early for periodic screening and other medical treatments
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states start to receive ability to impose cost-sharing on services, and expand coverage to people under 18 with disabilities that receive institutional care and live at home.
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States must use Medicaid funds to pay the Medicare premiums and cost
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The U.S. Congress passes and President Bill Clinton vetoes legislation converting Medicaid to a block grant to states.
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States must provide community-based services to individuals for whom institutional care is inappropriate.
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States can cover lawfully present immigrant children and pregnant women who have been residing in the U.S. for less than five years.
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Coverage becomes effective for millions of people who have become newly eligible through Medicaid expansion.
