Medicaid Applicants: Protecting Your Healthy Spouse in 2025
Nov 18, 2024 · Generally, the CSRA increases each year. Starting January 1, 2025, a spouse who lives at home while their partner receives Medicaid long-term care benefits can retain up to $157,920 in …
Medicaid's CSRA: Protecting a Healthy Spouse from Poverty
Oct 3, 2013 · Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the spouses have the minimum support needed to continue to live in the community while their …
2026 Medicaid Long-Term Care Benefits When You Are Married
Dec 10, 2025 · The minimum CSRA for 2026 will be $32,532. State Medicaid programs can set their limits within this range. Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance for 2026 If a spouse receives long …
Key State Medicaid Information for Texas - ElderLawAnswers
Protections for the Community Spouse Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA): Minimum: $31,584.00 Maximum: $157,920.00 Increased CSRA: Permitted. Texas follows the income-first rule, …
Key State Medicaid Information for New York
Key Medicaid Information for New York Protections for the Community Spouse Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA): Minimum: $74,820.00 Maximum: $157,920.00 Increased CSRA: …
2024 Standard Protections for Spouses of Medicaid Applicants
Jan 1, 2024 · 2024 Spousal Impoverishment Figures Note that most of the latest figures, outlined below, are effective January 1, 2024. Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA) A spouse who …
Medicaid Enrollees: Financial Protection for Your Spouse
Sep 30, 2024 · This "community spouse resource allowance" (CSRA) adjusts each year. It is the maximum amount a state may allow the healthy spouse to retain (without a hearing or a court order). …
Understanding Medicaid's Long-Term Care Spousal Impoverishment
Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA) A married couple's financial resources, called assets, have different rules than those that apply to income. All assets are considered jointly owned and …
How Medicaid's "Snapshot" Date Affects Medicaid Eligibility
Mar 17, 2022 · Example: If a couple has $100,000 in countable assets on the snapshot date and the state allows the spouse to keep half the couple’s assets up to the maximum CSRA, the Medicaid …
Protecting Spouses of Medicaid Applicants: 2023 Guidelines
Mar 15, 2023 · Learn more about the CSRA and monthly maintenance needs allowance. Home Equity Limits In 2023, a Medicaid applicant’s principal residence will not be counted as an asset by …