Can One Spouse Be On Medicaid And The Other Not

What Couples Need to Know About …

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Medicaid assumes that both spouses of a married couple are financially responsible for one another. As a result, when …

Spousal Impoverishment | Medicaid

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Under the Medicaid spousal impoverishment provisions, a certain amount of the couple's combined resources is protected for the spouse living in the community. Depending on …

How Medicaid’s Spousal Impoverishment Rules Protect …

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Medicaid Income Limits for Married …

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When only one spouse is applying for Medicaid long-term care, the applicant must meet an income limit to qualify. The …

How Medicaid Counts Income for Single Applicants

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When just one spouse of a married couple applies for Nursing Home Medicaid or a HCBS Medicaid Waiver, only the income of the applicant spouse, often …

Medicaid Protections for the Healthy Spouse

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The income of the community spouse is not counted in determining the Medicaid applicant’s eligibility. Only income in the applicant’s name is counted. Thus, even if the community spouse …

Protecting the Spouse When Applying for Medicaid

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Non-applicant spouses are allowed to keep their own income but with many elderly couples, one spouse generates the majority of the couple’s income and if that …

How Couple’s Joint Assets Impact Medicaid Eligibility

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Community Spouse – A community spouse (also called the well spouse or non-applicant spouse) is the spouse of an individual who is receiving Medicaid-funded, long-term care …

What happens when one spouse goes on …

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Medicaid is a joint Federal and State program designed to help people with low incomes cover healthcare costs. If, by retiring, your income falls under a certain level, the younger spouse may be …

What Happens When My Spouse Enters a Nursing Home?

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No, you, as the healthy spouse, will not lose your income, including Social Security. In fact, your income, as the Non-Institutionalized Spouse, is not even considered when your …