By skyforbes My father passed away at the end of May 2023. I immediately applied for Medicaid for my mother, who has no income. She was previously on my father’s employer health plan. She then started receiving my father's Social Security benefits since she is the beneficiary. She was 61 when he passed away, so she qualified to claim his SS benefits.
She was on Medicaid from May 2023 to May 2024. Her taxes for 2023 were complicated because she had to file as married, including my father's income, before he passed away. Then, for her 2024 taxes, she filed as single but with around $33k in SS income. However, she claims that she still qualified for Medicaid because she gets "beneficiary" Medicaid. She even renewed in May 2025 and got approved for the next year.
How does she keep qualifying? My understanding is that Social Security income would put her past the Medicaid threshold. The state has all her tax data, but I'm concerned that they are going to come after her for potential misuse of Medicaid.