A new federal law allows states to receive federal Medicaid funds for providing medical care to low-income women, who have been screened under a CDC program. Gov. Whitman said that the federal funding the state will receive to expand Medicaid to cover breast and cervical cancer treatment will offset costs now borne by the state for NJ FamilyCare and Charity Care. The federal matching funds can help offset the state funds for the NJ FamilyCare program.
Men are also eligilble for the breast cancer benefit.