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Medicaid’s $162,660 Question: What the At-Home Spouse Keeps, What Gets Spent Down, and the One Move That Turns “Excess” Savings Into Untouchable Income

The 2026 CSRA lets the at-home spouse keep between $32,532 and $162,660 in countable assets, with each state setting its own standard within that range. Converting excess assets into a ...

States are contacting Medicaid enrollees about new work requirements. Here's what people should do to keep coverage.

Medicaid beneficiaries will have to meet new rules starting Jan. 1 and are being urged to check whether they will still be ...

Immigrants with legal status at risk of being dropped from Medicaid

The One Big Beautiful Bill ends eligibility for refugees, asylees, trafficking victims and others, and its impact could be ...

As of Oct. 1, refugees lose access to Medicaid across the country

Starting Oct. 1, refugees and asylum seekers are losing access to Medicaid across the country because of H.R. 1, the Trump administration's major budget bill Republicans passed in summer 2025.

'It's a nightmare.' Former refugee, professor on Trump's new Medicaid policy

Starting Oct. 1, many immigrants who are here legally lose their Medicaid coverage because of the Republican budget bill ...