Income Eligibility Limits for Pregnant Individuals in Medicaid and CHIP

This table displays each state's upper income limit for Medicaid and CHIP eligibility for pregnant individuals as a percentage of the federal poverty level (FPL). The table also indicates whether states have elected to use CHIP to cover additional pregnant individuals, and to what eligibility limit.

States may elect to offer full-benefit CHIP coverage for pregnant individuals once they raise pregnancy Medicaid income eligibility to at least 185% FPL. States highlighted in red have not yet met this threshold.

National median eligibility is 200% FPL for Medicaid, 258% FPL for CHIP, and 218% FPL for the Unborn Child Option (CHIP-funded).

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Source: Brooks, T., et. al. “Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for the Unwinding of the Pandemic-Era Continuous Enrollment Provision” (Washington DC: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, March 2023), Table 2, available at https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-and-chip-eligibility-enrollment-and-renewal-policies-as-states-prepare-for-the-unwinding-of-the-pandemic-era-continuous-enrollment-provision/