Medicaid will cover everyone at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty line (FPL). Boycott WalMart

RESULTS - Medicaid - The Power to End Poverty:

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To qualify for Medicaid, an individual must meet financial criteria and also be part of a group that is “categorically eligible” for the program, such as low-income children, pregnant women, the elderly, people with disabilities, and parents. The income levels at which these groups qualify vary from state to state and group to group, generally with coverage of children and pregnant women being available at higher income levels, followed by people with disabilities and elderly, then parents of dependent children. Childless adults who are not disabled or elderly rarely qualify for Medicaid, even at the very lowest income. To bring light to the vast array of individuals who benefit from Medicaid, especially families, MomsRising has collected over 500 stories about Medicaid experiences from around the country.


(Ha! Yeah right. In my experience a hardly any doctors take it. Who is going to take fifteen buses to the doctor with a sick kid? If you want AIDS from the bloody instrument dentist, have at it.)

Medicaid responds automatically in a weak economy, helping vulnerable Americans weather tough economic times.


(Two moms, same state, both young, robust, and healthy: 


One had her baby with private insurance. She was artificially induced with pitocen, hooked up to every machine in the book, had the epidural and eventually a probably unnecessary C-section. Word on the ward was Dr. wanted to get home. It was a holiday.


The other woman was denied even pain medication.


Guess who had insurance and who had medicaid? True story.)


According the latest data available from the Census Bureau,  49.9 million Americans (16.3 percent) were without health insurance coverage in 2010.






Medicaid include physician and hospital visits, well-child care, health screenings, vision care, and dental services and all services that a doctor or other health care professional identifies as “medically necessary.”A few key statistics on Medicaid from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured(prior to any enactment of health care reform):

Medicaid covers 60 million low-income people, including 29.5 million children, 15.2 million adults, 8.2 million people with disabilities, and 6.1 million seniors.

More people than any other single health care program in the U.S., including Medicare.

Medicaid is the largest children’s health program in the country.

Medicaid is the nation’s primary long-term care program, accounting for 43 percent of total long-term care spending and paying for nearly 60 percent of nursing home residents.

Medicaid covers over 40 percent of the poor.

Medicaid covers one in five people with severe disabilities.

Current Legislation

Health Care Reform Includes Major Medicaid Expansion

In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law. This health reform legislation enacted the largest expansion of Medicaid in decades. Beginning in 2014, Medicaid will cover everyone at or below 133 percent of the federal poverty line (FPL).

For the term as defined in the United States, see Poverty thresholds (United States).

For information about the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program (free or reduced-fee health care services at certain hospitals and other facilities for persons meeting eligibility criteria involving the poverty guidelines), contact the Office of the Director, Division of Health Facilities, Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS, Room 10-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. To speak to a staff member, please call (301) 443-5656. To receive a Hill-Burton information package, call 1-(800) 638-0742 (for callers outside Maryland) or 1- (800) 492-0359 (for callers in Maryland). You also may visit http://www.hrsa.gov/gethealthcare/affordable/hillburton/.

The poverty guidelines continue to be derived from the Census Bureau's current official poverty thresholds; they are not derived from the Census Bureau's new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM).

The following guideline figures represent annual income.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for the 48 Contiguous States and the District of Columbia

Persons in family/household	Poverty guideline
1	$11,170
2	15,130
3	19,090
4	23,050
5	27,010
6	30,970
7	34,930
8	38,890
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $3,960 for each additional person.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for Alaska

Persons in family/household	Poverty guideline
1	$13,970
2	18,920
3	23,870
4	28,820
5	33,770
6	38,720
7	43,670
8	48,620
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,950 for each additional person.

2012 Poverty Guidelines for Hawaii

Persons in family/household	Poverty guideline
1	$12,860
2	17,410
3	21,960
4	26,510
5	31,060
6	35,610
7	40,160
8	44,710
For families/households with more than 8 persons, add $4,550 for each additional person.

 So, what is 133 percent at or below the poverty line?

So what would a widow with two kids have to have as income to qualify? 133 percent of $19090.00?

133% of 19 090.00 = 25 389.7 One parent with one kid: 133% of 15 130 = 20 122.9 What can we expect to make in 2014? http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Walmart-Salaries-E715.htm What does a Walmart manager make?  Between 53k and 78k, I guess depending on if you're a girl or a man.  The associates, which is what most Americans will be, make between 7 and 19 dollars an hour. Mostly they make eight bucks an hour. $10k $60k $110k Assistant Manager 241 Walmart Salaries $43,476 $53 $78k Pharmacist 240 Walmart Salaries $117,138 $90k $155k Sales Associate - Hourly 233 Walmart Salaries $8.82/hr $53 $78k $53 $78k

Assistant Store Manager 197 Walmart Salaries	$44,731	$34k $65k
Guest Service Team Member - Cashier - Hourly 190 Walmart Salaries	$8.42/hr	7 to

Programmer Analyst 134 Walmart Salaries	$66,403	$49k $93k
Wal Mart Cashier - Hourly 112 Walmart Salaries	$8.66/hr

Programmer Analyst 134 Walmart Salaries	$66,403	$49k $93k
Wal Mart Cashier - Hourly 112 Walmart Salaries	$8.66/hr	$6 $13
Department Manager - Hourly 110 Walmart Salaries	$11.15/hr	$8 $20
Graduate Pharmacist 92 Walmart Salaries	$71,077	$31k $94k
Pharmacy Manager 86 Walmart Salaries	$124,044	$101k $144k
Salaries in USD

I knew I shoulda went to pharmacy school.

Walmart doesn't like people working overtime unless they are salary, so if you're a cashier who gets eight bucks an hour you can expect to make about 300.00 a week, 1200 a month.

14,400 per year is the average yearly salary of a Walmart associate. 

14, 856 per year is what you have to be at or below to be considered in poverty. 

Most single people who work at Walmart as an associate will be living in poverty. 

And lately, Walmart is the only game in a lot of towns when people go looking for jobs.

Right?

Thanks to WalMart, which already totally fucked up the United States by putting all of our downtowns out of business, now Walmart is planning to plunge us the rest of the way into poverty.

Boycott WalMart.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this expansion alone will cover 16 million people who currently have no health insurance over the next ten years. In addition, in 2013 and 2014, the rates at which Medicaid doctors are reimbursed for their services will increase to the same level as Medicare. This will encourage more doctors to take Medicaid patients. This rate increase, coupled with the new investments in community health centerscontained in the law, will significantly expand access to services for low-income individuals and families.

We applaud President Obama and Congress for passing this landmark legislation; it is one of the most expansive anti-poverty laws ever enacted. To learn more about RESULTS’ positions, and those of the President and Congress, visit our Recent Developments in Health Care Legislation page. Take action to thank you members of Congress for passing health care reform.