an organization that combines the functions of health insurance, delivery of care, and administration. Examples include the independent practice association, third-party administrator, management service organization, and physician-hospital organization.
Age. There are no age requirements on Medicaid. To qualify for Medicaid the person must have high medical bills, be disabled, require Medicaid to work, be receiving Social Security Income or meet specific financial requirements.
Under this option, the eligibility age for Medicare would remain below Social Securityâs FRA until 2029, when both would be 67 for people born in 1962; from that point on, the two eligibility ages would be identical. A change in the eligibility age for Medicare would affect peopleâs sources of health insurance coverage, including Medicaid. States have the option under current law to expand their Medicaid programs to people with income below 138 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Although that optional Medicaid expansion applies only to people under age 65, for this option, CBO assumed that the age limit would increase in tandem with Medicareâs eligibility age.