This according to a study by AARP and the Lewin Group. Due to costs, they are less likely than those with supplemental insurance to have a usual source of care and more likely to delay getting care. They are less likely to have a physician visit than other beneficiaries are. States have to option to extend Medicaid various populations. Arkansas, like many other states has expanded Medicaid coverage for children and pregnant women.
States can expand coverage for poor elderly.
Congress has given the states the option to extend Medicaid benefits to aged individuals with incomes up to 100 percent of poverty. Twelve states and the District of Columbia have elected to extend coverage. As a result of the tobacco settlement, other states are considering this option. This would be particularly beneficial to women. Compared with men, older women are three times likelier to be widowed and far more apt to live alone.