Eligibility has both a financial test and a functional one, and both vary by state. Standard Medicaid covers nursing home care; home and community-based waivers can pay for care at home instead.
Rules on income, assets, the home and a spouse's resources are complicated and state-specific.
Why it matters
For most families it is the only realistic long-term funder, and the rules are worth understanding years before they are needed.
Sources
Where to check this, and where to read more. All external and all authoritative.
Medicaid where you live
The local guide on this, for each city we cover.
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Tucson, AZ