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Nursing Home Evictions Questions and Answers
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As illustrated by a recent New York Times cover story*, nursing homes throughout the country are rapidly adopting a “new” business model: attract lucrative short term patients paying through Medicare, and then throw them out once their Medicare coverage ends.
Aged & Disabled, Medically Needy, and Working Disabled Medi-Cal Programs
Medi-Cal is California’s health insurance program for low-income or low-resource individuals, funded jointly through state and federal dollars. There are many different Medi-Cal programs, and each program has different eligibility criteria.
Medi-Cal Resource Limits
The following property is generally exempt and therefore not counted in determining Long Term Care Medi-Cal eligibility:
- The home: totally excluded, if it is the principal residence.
Overview of Medi-Cal for Long Term Care
Special Alert Thanks to new laws enacted in 2021, the state is expected to eliminate the Medi-Cal asset test completely no sooner than January 2024.
Year 2023 Rates and Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA)
California Medi-Cal Asset Limit Increasing for Seniors and People with Disabilities
July 1, 2022 California increased the asset limit for certain Medi-Cal programs, and is expected to eventually remove asset limit requirements altogether. The state raised the Medi-Cal asset limit for a single individual to $130,000, $195,000 for a couple, and $65,000 for each additional family member.
Using California’s Spousal Impoverishment Rule for Home and Community Based Services
This fact sheet may be useful to married couples or registered domestic partners, one of whom is seeking Medi-Cal benefits to cover the cost of in-home caregiving or other services at home.
Did You Know / Dear Advocate Archives
RCFEs & SSI: Fact or Fiction?
Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI) is a program funded by the federal and state government that guarantees a minimum monthly income to people who are over 65, blind or disabled, and have limited income and resources.