topics: Maine Medicaid Medicare, supplement insurance, medical coverage, medicaid inpatient, centers for Medicaid; Medicaid In Maine; Medicaid Assistance information KS

web page:
MaineCare Eligibility Introduction
source:Maine Equal Justice
languages: English
"This guide is about MaineCare, which is Maine's Medicaid program. MaineCare also includes Maine's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides the same MaineCare coverage benefits to children in families"

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Medicaid brochure or publication:
MAINE MEDICAID FACTS

source:AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
file size: 2pg.   languages: English
"Did You Know? Thirty-six percent of Maine’s children are enrolled in Medicaid.. ...

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web page:
Becoming a MaineCare Member
source:Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Office of MaineCare Services
languages: English
There are many different MaineCare eligibility options. MaineCare applicants are found eligible for the different eligibility options based on a number of factors including age, health status, income and assets

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Medicaid Eligibility

source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
languages: English
Many groups of people are covered by Medicaid. Even within these groups, though, certain requirements must be met. These may include your age, whether you are pregnant, disabled, blind, or aged; your income and resources (like bank accounts, real property, or other items that can be sold for cash); and whether you are a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted immigrant. The rules for counting your income and resources vary from state to state and from group to group. There are special rules for those who live in nursing homes and for disabled children living at home.

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2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines

source: Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
languages: English
from the web page:
"...The poverty thresholds are the original version of the federal poverty measure... The poverty guidelines are the other version of the federal poverty measure.

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