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Show Utah Medicaid Medicaid eligibility is determined on the basis of income or resources, citizenship, and membership in one of several federally-defined aid categories. These categories include those who are over 65, blind, disabled, pregnant, under the age of 18, or a member of a family receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Both the number of eligible clients and the number of actual Medicaid clients increased between 1987 and 1992. Changes in eligibility rules, particularly those affecting children and pregnant women, are a primary reason for the recent increases. Even though many eligible clients in Utah receive health care services through Medicaid, there are others who may qualify but do not apply for these services. In Fiscal Year 1992, for example, estimates suggest that only 74% of those eligible actually applied for and received services. Utah ranks as the 24th highest state in the ratio of Medicaid recipients to poor people and 33rd highest in Medicaid spending per capita. Table 19. Utah Medicaid Number of People in Utah Eligible for Medicaid Medicaid Recipients in Utah % of Those Eligible Who Actually Receive Medicaid Fiscal Year # Eligible % Change Recipients % Change Rate (%) 1988 129,649 J 7.0 101,165 7.3 78 1989 152,858 17.9 104,367 3.2 68 1990 163,870 7.2 117,900 13.0 72 1991 182,971 11.7 131,779 11.8 64 1992 217,000 5.6 160,757 22.0 74 1993 224,803 3.6 165,489 2.9 74 1994 217,680 -3.2 175,280 5.9 81 1995 226,817 4.2 187,735 7.2 83 1996 225,684 -0.5 213,974 14.0 95 Table 19. Source: 1987-1994: Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Care Financing, Bureau of Financial Services (1994). Utah Medical Assistance 1994. Annual Statistical Report of Medicaid and Utah Medical Assistance Program FY 1991. Salt Lake City. pp. 2, 17. Figure 12_____________________________________________________________ Utahns Eligible for Medicaid vs. the Number of Recipients 250000 j 200000 - -150000-' 100000 50000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 I Number Eligible DReceipients 80 |