Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Related Coverage and Aged, Blind and

Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Related Coverage and Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) Coverage A. Coverage for children, pregnant women, parents and caretaker relatives are referred to as MAGI-related coverage due to the application of Modified Adjusted Gross Income or MAGI standards to these groups. 1. Income standards for MAGI-related coverage are referred to as MAGI-equivalent standards. 2. Effective January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) required that net income thresholds in effect prior to the ACA be converted to equivalent MAGI levels to account for income disregards eliminated by the ACA. B. Coverage of the aged, blind and disabled are referred to as ABD coverage. 1. ABD policy is based on the most closely related cash assistance program, which is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. 2. The ABD program area uses SSI policy rules except: a) In categories that have been allowed to use more liberal methodologies through State Plan approval, and b) When changes in federal Medicaid regulations take precedence over SSI policy.