Resources

Module #6

How Earnings Impact Medicaid

You can use this toolkit to aid you in understanding and explaining to youth and their families: how Medicaid is impacted by earning; and that Medicaid will, in most cases, will continue under the 1619(b) work incentive when the monthly SSI payment is not available due to work and earnings.

Social Security’s Red Book – A Guide to Work Incentives

https://www.ssa.gov/redbook/eng/ssdi-and-ssi-employments-supports.htm (provides summary of all key Social Security and SSI disability work incentives).

Social Security Program Operations Manual System (POMS) Policies Related to the 1619(b) Medicaid Work Incentive

POMS SI 02302.000 - 02302.320, https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0502302000 (Table of Contents for 1619(b) policies)
POMS SI 02302.200, https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0502302200 (State-by-State charted eligibility thresholds)

Social Security’s Spotlight Series

Links to SSI Spotlights, https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/links-to-spotlights.htm.
Spotlight on Continued Medicaid Eligibility for People Who Work: Section 1619(b), https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/spotlights/spot-medicaid.htm.

Social Security’s Disability Research Resources

Medicaid Information, https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/wi/medicaid.htm (includes helpful links to range of Medicaid information)
Continued Medicaid Eligibility (Section 1619(b)), https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/wi/1619b.htm (includes up-to-date chart of unique state eligibility thresholds)

Kaiser Family Foundation Resources

Medicaid Financial Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities in 2015 (The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, March 2016), https://www.kff.org/medicaid/report/medicaid-financial-eligibility-for-seniors-and-people-with-disabilities-in-2015/ (a good, brief summary of the many potential pathways to Medicaid eligibility in the states; and brief summary of how the optional Medicaid Buy-In for working people operates, with a table providing state-by-state information on monthly income limits, resource limits, and monthly income at which premiums begin). A VR counselor can check with their State Medicaid Agency for any updated information.