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Medicaid TEFRA Waiver or Health Care for Children

Health care coverage for children where they can get specialized health and developmental services (Medicaid TEFRA waiver/Katie Beckett waiver) – Many states have adopted TEFRA waivers for Medicaid, sometimes called Katie Beckett waivers, which give children with significant disabilities access to Medicaid health care coverage, regardless of the familyā€™s income level. Traditional employer-based health care and health marketplace plans do not cover habilitative services or specialized developmental services which are covered under Medicaid. A TEFRA waiver would allow children with disabilities access to specialized health care in Medicaid, based only on *their* income and exclude other family income. Ā Usually, a childā€™s income is either zero or within Medicaid income limits.