A walkthrough of how identical household details produced three separate benefit estimates across three tools.
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One Freelancer, Four Screeners, Four Different Medicaid Answers
by Daniel Fossby Daniel FossIrregular self-employment income turned out to be the exact kind of detail these tools handle worst.
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Social Security and pension income interacted with a subsidy tool in ways that didn’t match the retiree’s expectations.
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A Household With Child Support Income Broke Two Different Screeners
by Marcus Ubelby Marcus UbelWhether child support counted as income at all depended entirely on which tool was asked.