•Medicaid provides services that are not covered by Medicare. In Maryland, more than 1 million residents are over the age of 60, some 10 percent of whom live in Baltimore City, where one in six lives below the poverty line. For these low-income seniors, Medicaid means access to basic, vital resources like eyeglasses, hearing aids and prescription drugs. Critically for Maryland's low-income seniors, Medicaid also covers 40 percent of long-term care services and supports. Without Medicaid, our senior citizens could be forced to forgo care and choose between paying for medications and life necessities like food and rent.