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Could a State Set its Income Eligibility Level Below 133 Percent of the Poverty Line?

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Could a State Set its Income Eligibility Level Below 133 Percent of the Poverty Line?

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Yes. As long as a state does not cover higher income people before covering lower income people, it does not have to expand to 133 percent of the poverty line if it decides to take up this option before 2014. So, for example, a state could decide to expand eligibility to 100 percent of the poverty line now and expand coverage to 133 percent of the poverty line in 2014.