By skyforbes I am not including a state because that is what my question is concerning.
I always thought that eligibility for Medicaid was based on a person’s income and assets. And that Long Term Care was also based upon this with a leeway for having a home where a spouse lived or a dependent child or adult child.
I also thought that the Look-back period for removing assets was pretty much standard in all states for LTC Medicaid eligibility – 5 years was my recollection for this look-back period.
Since the Federal government and the states share in this cost, I guess I thought many of these Medicaid rules were standard for the entire country – now I am finding I am very wrong.
California has a new set of guidelines that become effective in 2026 and I guess I was just shocked by the asset limit and the lookback period that they have – and how it works in this new rule for CA.
I think I must have missed something since my mom died and I have not been paying close attention.
Can anybody give me any guidance as to what if anything is the standard now or if every state is on their on.