Table 8. Date of First Medicaid Enrollment for Delivering Women, by Eligibility Group: 1991.

Eligibility Group and State	Total1	Date of First Medicaid Enrollment
		1980 or Earlier2	1981-85	1986-89	1990-91
	Percent
California3	100	33	20	17	30
Receiving Cash	101	42	24	19	16
Poverty-Related	100	17	15	16	52
Georgia	100	10	11	21	58
Receiving Cash	100	23	20	35	22
Poverty-Related	100	4	4	14	78
Michigan	100	37	15	18	30
Receiving Cash	100	46	18	19	17
Poverty-Related	101	19	11	16	55
Tennessee	100	10	7	22	61
Receiving Cash	100	21	14	32	33
Poverty-Related	100	3	2	14	81

¹Totals may exceed 100 percent due to rounding.

²Since the Tape-to-Tape files were established in 1980, data are truncated for this year.

³IRCA/OBRA aliens are not included in the California data.

NOTE: IRCA/OBRA is Immigration Reform and Control Act/Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Research and Demonstrations: Data from the Medicaid Tape-to-Tape Project, 1987 and 1991.