Georgia Medicaid Eligibility

I keep seeing comments on other blogs that claim there is no problem with health care for poor people, because there is Medicaid. Totally not true.

In Georgia, the cut-off point for people to get Medicaid purely for low-income reasons is shown below. Children are eligible with higher family incomes.

http://dch.georgia.gov/00/channel_title/0,2094,31446711_31945377,00.html

Low-Income Medicaid (LIM)

Adults and children who meet the standards of the old AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) program.

Family Size Income Limits

1 $235 per month ($2,820 per year)
2 $356 per month ($4,272 per year)
3 $424 per month ($5,088 per year)
4 $500 per month ($6,000 per year)