Simulation of Medicaid and SCHIP Eligibility: Implications of Findings From 10 States. Final Report.. Appendix Table 7

08/16/2000

COUNTABLE INCOME^a AND ELIGIBILITY AS OF JANUARY 1, 1999 FOR A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD IN A THREE PERSON FAMILY WITH TWO EARNERS AND MONTHLY GROSS INCOME OF $2,313 (200 percent of 1999 FPL) AND AVERAGE MONTHLY CHILD CARE EXPENSES^b
	Alabama	Arkansas	California	Colorado	Connecticut	Florida	Massachusetts	Michigan	New Jersey	New York
Simulated Countable Income for a Family of Three with Two Earners
TANF	$1,676	$1,851	$2,133	$2,133	$2,133	$2,133	$1,556	$1,958	$2,313	$1,958
1931	$1,958	$1,851	$1,958	$1,958	$2,133	$2,133	$2,313	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958
Poverty	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958	$2,138	$1,958	$1,958	$2,313	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958
M-SCHIP	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958	NP	$1,958	$1,958	$2,313	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958
S-SCHIP	$2,313	$2,313^c	$2,313	$1,984	$1,958	Healthy Kids: $2,313 MediKids: $1,958	$2,313	$1,958	$2,313	$2,133
Program eligibility
5 year old	S-SCHIP	ARKids	S-SCHIP	S-SCHIP	Poverty	S-SCHIP	S-SCHIP	S-SCHIP	S-SCHIP	S-SCHIP
Source: MPR State Income Eligibility Requirements Database. Note: NP = No program FPL=Federal poverty level ^aGross income minus any disregards for earnings and child care expenses. ^bFamily composition assumes two earners and average monthly child care expenses of $329/month are based on estimates of the national average child care expenses paid by non-poor households (Casper 1995). ^cThis income level is for the ARKids First program. The program is currently a 1115 Medicaid Waiver program, but the state plans to convert it into an S-SCHIP program.

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