Table 6. Additional Costs of Six Months Guaranteed Medicaid Eligibility, As Measured by Ineligible Months as a Proportion of Six Months.
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| Aid Category | N | % Additional Costs | N | % Additional Costs |
| Cash Grant AFDC | 68 | 7.4% | 37 | 1.8% |
| Medically Needy Families | 68 | 4.9 | 3 | 3 |
| Medically Needy Aged | 68 | 2.0 | 43 | 1.9 |
| Mediclly Needy Disabled | 68 | 1.0 | 35 | 1.0 |
| Medically Indigent Adults | 68 | 10.0 | 3 | 3 |
| Medically Indigent Children | 68 | 5.1 | 3 | 3 |
| All Six Aid Categories Combined | 408 | 5.1 | 115 | 1.6 |
Nonselective enrollment is defined in this paper as the method of offering the guaranteed eligibility-prepaid health plan option to all Medicaid eligible persons who were currently eligible for Medicaid at a given time. The costs calculations were based on December 1977 as the nonselecive enrollment month, with the additional costs stemming from otherwise ineligible months in the 6 months beginning with December 1977, expressed as a proportion of the total months (68 eligibles × 6 months = 408 months).
Selective enrollment is defined in this paper as the method of offering the guaranteed eligibility-prepaid health plan option to all Medicaid eligible persons at the time of their annual eligibility redetermination. Those eligibles thus have a minimum of 12 months prior Medicaid eligibility. The additional costs stem from otherwise ineligible months in the 6 month period beginning with December 1977 for eligibles who had 12 months continuous eligibility prior to December 1977.
When N ≤ 30, the percentage was not calculated. The total N for Selective Enrollment (N = 115) does not include the three aid categories that had N ≤ 30.