Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act
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Feb 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act
This bill removes certain age limitations for the Medicaid buy-in program for disabled, working individuals.
Current law allows disabled, working individuals ages 16 to 64 whose income exceeds applicable income limits to buy into Medicaid at the option of the state. The bill allows those age 65 or over to also buy into Medicaid.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1598: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1598/
"H.R. 1598: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1598/.
H.R. 1598, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1598/.
[H.R. 1598: Ensuring Access to Medicaid Buy-in Programs Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1598/)