Article Publication Date:
4/22/2005
Summary:
This policy brief is one of five commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation on Medicaid eligibility policies for long-term care benefits. This brief outlines the Medicaid rules that affect community spouses of nursing home residents and widows or widowers of deceased nursing home residents.
Topics:
Medicaid
Types/Tools:
Populations:
N/A
Programs/Initiatives:
N/A
States:
Keywords:
Long-Term Care
Income and Asset Limits; community spouse; protected income and assets; sufficiency; institutional bias; equity
Contact
Hunter McKay
HHS/ASPE/DALTCP
Hunter.McKay@hhs.gov
Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/50604