	TABLE 4

	PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF ADULTS LEAVING AFDC FROM FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE 1995,
	BY THEIR MEDICAID STATUS THREE AND SIX MONTHS AFTER LEAVING AFDC


			Alabama			California			Florida			Michigan			New Jersey

			Three Months After Leaving AFDC

	Not Enrolled in Medicaid		59.0			49.3			66.6			50.0			62.8
	Medicaid Enrollment Group
	Transitional Coverage		NA^a			8.4			14.2			NA^a			19.1
	Medically Needy		--			7.6			2.2			7.2			0.0
	Poverty-related		0.4			0.3			1.8			1.5			0.2
	SSI		3.9			2.3			2.7			6.2			1.4
	Other Noncash		31.0			22.3^b[1]			6.0			30.1			12.2
	AFDC Cash		5.7			9.9			6.5			5.0			4.2
	Subtotal		41.0			50.7			33.4			50.0			37.2
	Total		100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0

			Six Months After Leaving AFDC

	Not Enrolled in Medicaid		60.5			56.2			64.8			49.1			61.2
	Medicaid Enrollment Group
	Transitional Coverage		NA^a			6.1			8.6			NA^a			18.9
	Medically Needy		--			8.6			1.5			5.5			0.0
	Poverty-related		2.3			0.3			1.5			1.2			0.3
	SSI		3.8			2.4			2.8			6.7			1.4
	Other Noncash		16.8			7.4^b[2]			3.7			24.1			6.2
	AFDC Cash		16.6			18.8			17.0			13.3			12.0
	Subtotal		39.5			36.2			35.1			50.8			38.8
	Total		100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0			100.0

			(n = 16,432)			(n = 170,726)			(n = 98,717)			(n = 28,692)			(n = 24,544)


	SOURCE:	1995 State Medicaid Research File data.

	NA = Not available

	^aIn Alabama and Michigan, persons qualifying for Medicaid under the transitional coverage provisions
	could not be separately identified. For these two states, persons with transitional coverage are included
	under the Other Non-Cash group.

	^bIncludes court-ordered Edwards v. Kizer group for California, which allows families leaving welfare to remain on Medicaid until their eligibility under other coverage provisions can be redetermined.

[1]

David Ellwood:

[2]

David Ellwood: