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Puerto Rico also provides Medicaid coverage to aged, blind, and disabled individuals through the medically needy option. In Puerto Rico, the medically needy income level is $400 per month for an individual plus $95 for each additional family member.

Currently, Puerto Rico covers individuals with income up to 138 percent of the PRPL, which is $11,736 annually for a family of four or approximately 46 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family of the same size in 2019 on the mainland (ASES 2019c, ASPE 2019).

Puerto Rico also provides Medicaid coverage to aged, blind, and disabled individuals through the medically needy option. In Puerto Rico, the medically needy income level is $400 per month for an individual plus $95 for each additional family member.

Under federal law, all U.S. citizens and certain legal immigrants who meet Medicaid's financial and non-financial eligibility criteria are entitled to Medicaid. The Medicaid program has long required states to establish that individuals applying for Medicaid are U.S. citizens or satisfy the immigration restrictions.

The Puerto Rican Medicaid program is a unique healthcare program that provides free or low-cost services exclusively through public facilities. Approximately half of the territory's population are eligible for the Medicaid program, with the eligibility criteria being income based.