This Fact Sheet (updated Feb. 2015) is intended for people who are age 65+ or who have disabilities, or their family members and caregivers. It explains the basic financial rules on eligibility for Medicaid in the community for this category of people. Community Medicaid includes all hospital and doctors’ care, and the various home care programs. The rules for eligibility for Medicaid to pay for nursing home care are different, such as the rules on transfer of assets. These are explained very briefly here but more extensively in these articles.
The reason this Fact Sheet is only for people who are Disabled, Aged 65+ and Blind (“DAB”)(a/k/a “SSI-related) is that the rules are very different for people under age 65 who are not disabled.
Since January 2010, individuals who are under age 65 and who are not disabled have had no limit on the resources or assets they are allowed to have.
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