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Medicaid Eligibility

Elderly, Blind and Disabled Categories (AABD)

Income

Program

Income Limit

Disregards

Resource Limit

Excluded From Resources

Counted Toward Resource Limit

Other Requirements

Individual

Couple



A home

Cash on hand and in bank (less

Elderly, blind or disabled. Elderly

$721

$1,082

$20 General

Individual $2000



income received that month)

is defined as age 65 or older

1 car excluded if under $4500, if

exclusion

Couple

$3000



over $4500, excluded if used for

Stocks and bonds

SSI recipient

SSI

applied to

getting to doctor or work or is



Real property other than the home

DHS does not

unearned

disability equipped. 2

car



determine eligibility for

Personal property

income first

excluded if used for self-

this category.



Life insurance with a cash surrender

employment in a trade or

Individuals who qualify

value if face value is over $1500

$65.00 + ½ of

business.

for SSI automatically



Revocable burial funds (less $1500

remainder of



Some non-home income

receive Medicaid.

exclusion per spouse if $1500

monthly

producing properties

exclusion is not used through

earned



Life insurance without a cash

application of other burial

income.

surrender value

arrangements)



Burial spaces



Irrevocable burial arrangements



Must re-enroll for spend down

AABD

$108.33

$216.66

Same as SSI

every three months. The Spend

Adult

If income

Down will be set up for a fixed

Spend Down

exceeds limit,

period of time, not to exceed 3

deduct

months.

medical bills



Current recipient of SSA

$721

$1,082

Same as SSI

Individual $2000

Same as SSI



Previously entitled to SSA and SSI

Couple

$3000

concurrently

Pickle (COLA)

Deduct all



Lost SSI for any reason and would

COLAs

be SSI eligible with deductions of

received since

all COLAs received since loss of

loss of SSI

SSI



Same as SSI

Age 18 or older

$721

$1,082

Individual $2000

Same as SSI



Became disabled or blind before

Deduct DAC

Couple

$3000

age 22

Disabled Adult Child

entitlement or



Lost SSI due to DAC entitlement

(DAC)

increase that

or DAC increase

made them

SSI ineligible

Same as SSI



Under age 65

Widows or Widowers

$721

$1,082

Individual $2000

Same as SSI



Not entitled to Medicare

(OBRA)

Deduct all

Couple

$3000



Lost SSI due to entitlement of

SSA income

SSA Widows/Widowers benefits

Division of County Operations

1/2014

Medicaid Eligibility Chart

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