Let's assume Betty, a widow, will go to a Georgia nursing home in the near future (using 2022 eligibility rules…
Several overriding rules control the creation and application of Medicaid eligibility criteria by the states. These rules are applicable to…
In Merritt v. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Case No. CA2021-04-044 (12/27/2021), Jerome Merrit applied for Ohio nursing…
The standards for the 2022 Community Spouse Resource Allowance and Community Spouse Monthly Income Allowance have been updated in the…
The worksheet below is not intended as a substitute for legal advice. It requires an understanding of the Medicaid budgeting…
Sometime people assume monthly income counts toward the $2,000 resource limit. Assets (anything of value) are either income or resources. "…
Every year the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit rate and Medicaid resource allowances are updated. For 2022, the federal benefit…
H.R. 1717, known as the Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021, and a companion bill in the Senate…
What are people talking about when they say you have to "spend down" to become eligible for Medicaid? Well, it…
VA Improved Pension Not Income. Petitioner applied for Medicaid on November 4, 2008. Petitioner was the surviving spouse of a…