My dad is looking into getting medicaid to help pay for his medical treatment. He is currently unemployed and has zero income and almost no assets... So taken on his own, he would seemingly qualify for it based on our state's eligibility guidelines.
But at the same time, the application for medicaid in our state asks him to list everyone that lives in his home, their incomes, their assets/savings, etc.
My sister is a nurse and makes good money and has a lot of money saved, but she still lives with him; he doesn't charge her anything and she doesn't support him financially in any way.
Do they just take his personal financial situation into consideration or should he not even bother applying because she makes good money and has a lot of money saved?
EDIT: And to be more specific, the application form is asking about his 'home' not his 'household' like every other government form I have seen asks...
For example, one section says "Tell us about the people in your home" and then says "You must list everyone who lives with you even if they are not applying." Then farther down the application it says "Tell us about your finances" followed by "Will you or the people in your home receive income this month? Yes or No"... Then it includes a table to include their income... Then after that it asks "How much do you and the people in your home have in cash, checking, or savings (such as bank accounts, annuities, stocks, or bonds)?"
If it just said 'household' this would be simple since 'household' has a very simple definition of you + spouse + dependents, but they specifically don't say 'household' on this application.
Submitted July 06, 2020 at 09:49PM by Hartagon https://ift.tt/2Z4DEDn
