[author: Deirdre Wheatley-Liss]
Some Medicaid eligibility figures for seniors in need of long term care are tied to inflation. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just released the 2013 figures:
Minimum Community Spouse Resource Allowance: $23,184
Maximum Community Spouse Resource Allowance: $115,920
Maximum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance: $2,898
The minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance for the lower 48 states remains $1,891.25 (2,365 for Alaska and 2,176.25 for Hawaii) until July 1, 2013.
Home Equity Limits:
Minimum: 536,000
Maximum: 802,000
