The Medicaid insurance policy has a section of low-income subsidy which allows medical beneficiaries to those individuals with low income status. The Medicaid extra help program allows the individuals with low income status to get benefit of paying for monthly premium, annual deductibles and health insurance payments. The low income subsidy or (LIS) section under the Medicaid health insurance is available to families with limited income and is included under the Medicaid Part D prescription drug program. However, both Medicare health insurance policies and Medicaid health coverage program do not have complete coverage of population with low income status. There are substantial gaps in protecting the low income families as well as the elderly aged population by Medicare low Income Subsidy (LIS) section. Learn more about the accessibility and affordability issues for low-income families and elderly aged population.