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Medicaid, "Extra Help" and LIS
Financial "Extra Help" (LIS)
Social Security Guide Extra Help
What does not count toward your resources?
What does not count as a resource?
Social Security does not count:
Your primary residence;
Your personal possessions;
Your vehicle(s);
Resources you could not easily convert to cash, such as jewelry or home furnishings;
Property you need for self-support, such as rental property or land you use to grow produce for home consumption;
Non-business property essential to your self-support;
Life insurance policies;
Burial expenses including burial plots and up to $1,500 per person for burial expenses;
Interest earned on money you plan to use for burial expenses; and
Certain other money you are holding is not counted for nine months, such as:
Retroactive Social Security or Supplemental —Security Income (SSI) payments;
Housing assistance;
Tax advances and refunds related to earned income tax credits and child tax credits;
Economic recovery payments;
Compensation you receive as a crime victim; and
Relocation assistance from a state or local government.
You should contact Social Security for other resource exclusions.
Also see:
2023 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines (FPL): 2023/2024 LIS Qualifications and Benefits
2024 Low-Income Subsidy Benchmark Premium Amounts (includes 2023 - 2006 for comparison)
What is the income limit for extra help?
What does not count toward the income limit?
What is the resource limit?
What does not count as a resource?
Income and Resources (Assets) Worksheet
2023/2024 CMS Guide to LIS Mailings
What will plans be like in 2024
(Source: Social Security Administration: Understanding The Extra Help With Your Medicare Prescription Drug Plan publication 10508, SSA Publication No. 05-10115, January 2011. Additional examples and links from Q1Group LLC)
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