In 1967, New York passed legislation to set the Medicaid income eligibility requirements at a level that included the poor and also working- and middle-class families. What was the federal government's response?

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The federal government responded by capping income eligibility for Medicaid at 133% of the Assistance to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) eligibility line, which was a way to limit the expansion of Medicaid eligibility to levels beyond what was intended at the federal level.

In 1967, New York Passed Legislation to Set the Medicaid