What Does the Medicaid Eligibility Rule Mean for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries and the Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs)?
“After the effects of the rule are fully in place, in 2029, CMS expects the rule to increase enrollment in the Medicare Savings Programs by nearly 1 million. New enrollments include people who enroll in the Medicare Savings Programs because of the rule and additional months of coverage among people who would have enrolled anyway but now face fewer administrative barriers to doing so and gain more months of coverage. The final rule is one component of a larger proposed rule that would make broader changes to Medicaid eligibility.”