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Examples of income and assets used to determine financial eligibility for disability and age-related LTSS pathways

Type Excluded Counted
Income
First $65 of monthly earned income plus one-half of remaining amount, up to certain limits

First $30 of infrequent or irregularly received income in a quarter

First $20 of monthly unearned income

Certain need-based assistance, such as rent subsidies and SNAP

Earned income
Wages
Net self-employment earnings
Payments for services in a sheltered workshop or activities center
Certain royalties and honoraria
Unearned income
Social Security benefits
Annuities
Pensions
Trusts
Unemployment
Workers compensation
Assets
Primary residence
Household goods and personal effects
Value of a burial space
One automobile, if used for transportation of applicant or member of applicant’s household
Burial funds of $1,500 or less
Life insurance policies with a face value of $1,500 or less
Cash
Liquid resources (e.g., stocks and bonds, mutual fund shares, etc.)
Equity value of nonliquid resources unless otherwise excluded
Life insurance policies with a face value exceeding $1,500
Notes: LTSS is long-term services and supports. SNAP is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. For married individuals, spousal impoverishment provisions are applied first (§ 1924 of the Social Security Act (the Act)).
Sources: MACPAC, 2021, analysis of Sections 1612 and 1613 of the Act and 20 CFR 416.1112 and 416.1124.