Medicaid: Early Implications of Welfare Reform for Beneficiaries and States

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Medicaid-related actions states have taken in the first year of welfare reform, focusing on: (1) the Medicaid related options the welfare reform law gave states and the approaches states have taken; (2) the implications of these states choices for Medicaid eligibles and for the states' administrative processes; and (3) steps states have taken or plan to take to educate and enroll Medicaid eligibles, in view of their changing eligibility for cash assistance programs.