Eligibility

I Receive Benefits Based on Disability-What Happens if I Start Working?
Supplemental Security Income [SSI]

The amount of SSI you get is based on the amount of income you receive. Generally, when you begin to receive other income, your SSI benefits go down, according to a formula. When your income goes over a cer...

What Health Care Programs Are There for Kentucky Families?
Medicaid in Kentucky is called KyHealth Choices. It is available for aged, blind and disabled persons and also provides health and medical coverage to certain lower income families, children, children in foster care, and pregnant women in Kentucky. T...

Medicaid Spend-down

What is a Medicaid spend-down?

If you are 65 years old or older, blind, or disabled, your eligibility for Medicaid depends on your income. If you get more income than is allowed by the Medicaid program, you are generally not eligible ...