PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To provide financial assistance to States for payments of medical assistance on behalf of cash assistance recipients, children, pregnant women, and the aged who meet income and resource requirements, and other categorically-eligible groups. In certain States that elect to provide such coverage, medically-needy persons, who, except for income and resources, would be eligible for cash assistance, may be eligible for medical assistance payments under this program. Financial assistance is provided to States to pay for Medicare premiums, copayments and deductibles of qualified Medicare beneficiaries meeting certain income requirements. More limited financial assistance is available for certain Medicare beneficiaries with higher incomes.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. HEALTH;
- General Health and Medical;
2. INCOME SECURITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES;
- Prevention;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Individual/Family;
- Handicapped;
- Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease);
- Mentally Disabled;
- Child (6-15);
- Youth (16-21);
- Senior Citizen (60+);

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);